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Historical Event on 2/21/1959

Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.

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8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
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1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
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