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Historical Event on 4/21/1996

Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
10/21/1989Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
11/5/2000The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.