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Historical Event on 10/21/1947

The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
3/18/1948Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973).
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
9/26/1991Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones.
8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
8/30/1992The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
7/21/1963Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.