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Historical Event on 2/21/1952

The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.
5/19/1956The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.