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Historical Event on 2/21/1952

The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
4/19/1995Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.