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Historical Event on 1/21/1952

Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
2/8/1959The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
5/27/1906Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.
8/13/1997Supreme Court lays down guidelines and norms for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment at work places.
3/22/1739Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque.