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Historical Event on 4/21/1990
The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1978 | Origin of Saka Era (India). |
| 11/24/1899 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 9/11/1958 | India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled. |
| 6/12/1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. |
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