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Historical Event on 3/21/1939

Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.