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Historical Event on 2/21/1959

Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
9/20/1856Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.