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Historical Event on 12/21/1974

Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
1/30/1997Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).
4/8/1994Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
12/14/1962Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada.
7/30/1993CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.