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Historical Event on 6/21/1941

Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.