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Historical Event on 4/21/1990
The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 7/19/1969 | Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance. |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
| 1/9/1854 | Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1/10/1967 | Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur. |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
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