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Historical Event on 9/21/1948

Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
12/28/1972C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.