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Historical Event on 2/21/1959

Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1959Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
2/9/1898The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta.
1/3/1922Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.