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Historical Event on 3/21/1992

India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
9/17/1885Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
3/6/1928Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
9/4/1993Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.