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Historical Event on 3/21/1971

Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
11/10/1848Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.