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Historical Event on 10/21/1997
Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1978 | The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm). |
| 9/11/1958 | India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled. |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 6/24/1991 | K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala. |
| 4/6/1998 | The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri. |
| 7/21/1936 | Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born. |
| 4/16/1853 | The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 3/20/1921 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
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