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Historical Event on 3/21/1996

PSLV-D3 launched successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1994Tusharkanti Ghosh, world famous Indian journalist, passed away.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.
8/5/1975The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.