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Historical Event on 1/21/1997
Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1931 | Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/4/1931 | Guru Amardasji passed away. |
| 10/26/1886 | Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born. |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 3/7/1942 | Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra. |
| 6/1/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 12/16/1999 | Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites. |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
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