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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
4/22/1840James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.