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Historical Event on 2/21/1990

The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
2/7/1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
3/4/1925Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.