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Historical Event on 2/21/1959

Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
9/29/1998ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.