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Historical Event on 3/21/1979
The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 1/4/1906 | Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 1/16/1990 | Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away. |
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