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Historical Event on 11/21/1963

First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1950Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, passed away.
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
9/26/1793Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.