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Historical Event on 1/21/1924
Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 7/13/1999 | Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar. |
| 6/12/1997 | Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
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