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Historical Event on 1/21/1983
R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 2/20/1863 | Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born. |
| 1/4/1907 | Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away. |
| 3/24/1992 | Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls. |
| 3/4/2000 | Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 8/26/1909 | Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
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