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Historical Event on 9/21/1995

Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
9/16/1931Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly known as George Sudarshan, was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was a physicist of world repute.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
10/26/1962After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
6/3/1947British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947.