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Historical Event on 9/21/1948
Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1918 | Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai. |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 2/13/1936 | Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai. |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 8/3/1954 | Atomic Energy Department established. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 11/21/1899 | Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
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