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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
8/1/1958Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
11/12/1990Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
6/24/1991K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.