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Historical Event on 11/21/1947

First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.