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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
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
10/19/1920Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.