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Historical Event on 12/21/1990

Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1995Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.