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Historical Event on 4/21/1975

Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.