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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 |
| 12/16/1922 | Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 10/4/1974 | India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals. |
| 6/8/1992 | 55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
| 9/5/1967 | Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. |
| 6/6/1924 | S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born. |
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