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Historical Event on 2/21/1995

The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1906Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
3/2/1986Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
3/13/1978Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), passed away.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.