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Historical Event on 10/21/1577

Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1911Under the auspices of the British Army, French pilot Henry Pequet makes the first official airmail flight from Allahabad to Naini Junction.
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.