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Historical Event on 11/21/1963

First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
11/5/1998Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah