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Historical Event on 4/21/1913

Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1974Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1/2/1754Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
3/25/1916S. M. Pandit, famous painter, was born.
1/15/1919Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
8/25/1917The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.