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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 |
| 4/21/1996 | Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins. |
| 1/5/1890 | Ganendra Mohan Tagore died. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 6/13/1998 | India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad. |
| 3/25/1999 | Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore. |
| 8/21/1981 | Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96. |
| 9/17/1892 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong. |
| 10/16/1906 | Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad. |
| 9/10/1999 | Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
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