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Historical Event on 3/21/1921

Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.