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Historical Event on 2/21/1953

Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
7/26/1956Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
5/4/1957Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.