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Historical Event on 1/21/1997

First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
2/16/1980The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
5/11/1885Krishnamohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist of Bengal, passed away.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
5/10/1993Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time.
11/29/1945Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended.