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Historical Event on 4/21/1995

Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.