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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 |
| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 12/14/1920 | Akali Dal established. |
| 5/11/1885 | Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 4/6/1980 | Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 3/27/1997 | 40 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45. |
| 3/27/1997 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
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