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Historical Event on 9/21/1962

Major General I. J. Rikhye completed the task in accordance with the memorandum to UNSF, thus fulfilling the mandate of cessation of hostilities without any incident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
7/8/1999The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
12/3/1998Maganbhai Kasundra, (50), Gujarat Minister, dies following a heart attack at his residence in Gandhinagar.