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Historical Event on 11/21/1963
First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission submits proposals; minimum salary Rs. 2440 pm and maximum 26,000. Cabinet Secretary 30,000; six-day week; retirement at 60, etc. proposed. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
| 7/31/1914 | Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma). |
| 6/16/1992 | P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away. |
| 1/18/1906 | Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur. |
| 5/22/1927 | M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/14/1993 | Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill. |
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