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Historical Event on 10/21/1950

China invades Tibet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
4/28/1945Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
3/1/1961The first AN-12B arrived in India. This was added in the force because of the increasing frequency of clashes with Chinese forces on the Sino-lndian Himalayan border and the need that these revealed for yet further increase in airlift capability, together with a requirement for medium helicopters suitable for high-altitude operation, orders were placed in the Soviet Union for eight Antonov An- 12B and 24IL-yushin 11- 14 transport aircraft plus 10 Mi-4 helicopters.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
12/25/1876Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.