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Historical Event on 4/21/1996

Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
7/28/1997Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
1/12/1906Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born.
9/3/1987Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.