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Historical Event on 12/21/1956
The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1940 | Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born. |
| 9/18/1958 | Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away. |
| 7/20/1991 | Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
| 9/3/1905 | Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born. |
| 6/9/1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
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