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Historical Event on 7/21/1947
Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 10/3/1994 | Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died. |
| 8/28/1993 | President's rule in J&K extended for another six months. |
| 7/1/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
| 3/18/1916 | Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay. |
| 1/20/1996 | The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
| 9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 12/26/1986 | Consumer Rights Act was passed. |
| 12/1/1932 | A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London. |
| 12/7/2000 | A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam. |
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