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Historical Event on 3/21/1998

Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
7/21/1936Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.