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Historical Event on 6/21/1940

Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
1/15/1948Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace.
3/12/1911Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.