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Historical Event on 11/21/1947

First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.