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Historical Event on 12/21/1952

Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
1/18/1968The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.