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Historical Event on 6/21/1948

C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
10/2/1910Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born.
12/20/1999Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case.
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
7/24/1783Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, was born at Carcas.