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Historical Event on 7/21/1947
Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1968	Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
7/20/1993	British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
2/11/1944	Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.
2/14/1959	Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
11/11/1991	Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
3/1/1962	Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
12/8/1999	The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
11/20/1967	First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
1/29/1977	Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/02/1978.
9/8/1995	Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.

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