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Historical Event on 4/21/1996

Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.