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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
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
12/17/1974Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.