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Historical Event on 11/21/1971
Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/24/1994 | Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
2/27/1999 | Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent. |
10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
12/9/1989 | Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. |
3/15/1946 | Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London. |
2/23/1990 | 5-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected. |
5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
10/9/1874 | Nicholas Roerich, great professor, master, artist, scientist, educator, writer, designer, poet, explorer and humanitarian, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He led artistic and scientific expedition in Himalayas and settled in Kulu valley. |
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