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Historical Event on 9/21/1948

Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
4/15/1992D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.
6/20/1858Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.