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Historical Event on 11/21/1999

The Centre retired two members of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ms. Romila Thapar, eminent historian and Mr. Rajendra Yadav.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
8/29/1997B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
10/29/1929Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.