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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
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
6/12/1947Gandhiji addresses Congress Working Committee.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.