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Historical Event on 11/21/1947

First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
4/2/1997A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property.
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.