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Historical Event on 11/21/1973

Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
11/2/1992Nine Maharashtra ministers resign.
1/11/1986The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.
11/23/1919Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
2/8/1971Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.