New York Indian Community - NewYorkindian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 7/21/1911

Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1911Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
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.
9/1/1921Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990.
11/8/1988At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.