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Historical Event on 3/21/1979

The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
1/30/1947Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.
10/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
2/18/1941There was a minor revolt in Royal Indian Navy which in now known as Indian Navy.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.