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Historical Event on 9/21/1948
Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1910 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra. |
| 3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 2/26/1975 | Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad. |
| 11/2/1972 | B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977 |
| 9/29/2000 | The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol). |
| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 3/24/1974 | Lokprabha weekly started its publication. |
| 10/31/1997 | Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai. |
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