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Historical Event on 7/21/1947

Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
5/7/1993Jankiraman panel's final report finds that an additional aggregate of Rs. 12,85,549 crore was transacted in banks without any documentation; it indicts 12 more banks for involving in the scam.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.