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Historical Event on 2/21/1990

The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
12/20/1904Virendranarayan Chakravorthy, former Indian Ambassador in England and Governor of Haryana, was born.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
1/18/1995The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
1/18/1995Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.