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Historical Event on 11/21/1963

First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
11/28/1962K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died.