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Historical Event on 3/21/1791
Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1957 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
| 11/30/1909 | Gandhiji reaches South Africa. |
| 1/5/1952 | U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 6/3/1999 | Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
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