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Historical Event on 11/21/1947
First Stamp of Independent India was released
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Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/11/2000 | Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa. |
4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
7/2/1993 | ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance. |
12/21/1974 | Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam. |
9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
9/23/1743 | Sawai Jaising died. |
10/23/1919 | Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London |
11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
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