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Historical Event on 5/21/1975

The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.