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Historical Event on 2/21/1959

Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
3/23/1898Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.