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Historical Event on 6/21/1941

Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
8/3/1985Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
6/5/1659Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.