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Historical Event on 7/21/1947

Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
1/11/1975Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.