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Historical Event on 7/21/1911
Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
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| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 1/27/1974 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 11/6/1930 | First Round Table Conference held at London. |
| 7/14/1856 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born. |
| 2/25/1897 | Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born. |
| 2/27/1999 | Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent. |
| 12/15/1999 | The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
| 5/20/1964 | P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born. |
| 3/24/1987 | First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching. |
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