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Historical Event on 2/21/1990

The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
11/25/1879Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
5/31/1928Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975).