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Historical Event on 1/21/1997

First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
12/7/1782Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.