ALL ABOUT TODAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21-July-1947 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-1962 Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

21-July-1988 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-1993 Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.

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

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

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

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

21-July-2000 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.