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Historical Event on 11/21/1947

First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
12/27/1999PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
8/26/1874Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.