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Historical Event on 11/21/1963

First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
10/11/1993CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.
5/7/1861Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).