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Historical Event on 6/21/1948

C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.

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8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
2/6/1985Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
4/22/1942Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.