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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
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
9/25/1985Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.