Indian history of 21st july

1.  Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.21-July-1658

2.  Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.21-July-1883

3.  Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.21-July-1891

4.  W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.21-July-1906

5.  Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.21-July-1907

6.  Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.21-July-1911

7.  Anand Bakshi, famous lyrisist, was born.21-July-1930

8.  Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.21-July-1934

9.  Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.21-July-1935

10. Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.21-July-1936

11. Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.21-July-1947

12. Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.21-July-1962

13. Kashi Vidyapeeth was given recognisation as University.21-July-1963

14. Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.21-July-1975

15. K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.21-July-1977

16. Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India.21-July-1977

17. Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away.21-July-1977

18. Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.21-July-1984

19. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.21-July-1988

20. Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.21-July-1993

21. The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.21-July-1994

22. Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.21-July-1995

23. Bansi Lal, Haryana Chief Minister, quits before seeking a trust vote; and rebels form a separate party.21-July-1999

24. The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA.21-July-1999

25. A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.21-July-2000