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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 |
| 3/12/1992 | The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker. |
| 9/19/1990 | Planning Commission announces 8th Five-Year Plan proposals with a total outlay of Rs. 610,000 crore. |
| 1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
| 6/29/1998 | Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 4/13/1982 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
| 11/21/1993 | R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries. |
| 3/9/1994 | Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore. |
| 4/8/1774 | Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old. |
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