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Historical Event on 2/21/1993

Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
11/29/1999Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
12/17/1961Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.