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Historical Event on 10/21/1954
Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/1954 | Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born. |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 7/28/1989 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law. |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 3/7/1961 | Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
| 5/10/1996 | PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign. |
| 10/26/1935 | Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
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