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Historical Event on 3/21/1979

Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
10/9/1964K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.