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February 21, 1960 - it included its first Boeing 707–420 named Gauri
Shankar and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in
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AJMAL KASAB |
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February 21, 2011: Kasab's death sentence
was upheld by the Bombay High Court. |
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BOMBAY MUTINY (Feb 18-23, 1946) |
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February 21, 1946: On this day, the mutiny
encompassed a total strike and subsequent mutiny by Indian sailors of
the Royal Indian Navy on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay
(Mumbai) harbour. |
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INDIAN ANTARCTIC PROGRAMME |
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February 21, 1982: The first expedition
team returned to Goa, India, on this day, thus marking the end of their
77-day expedition. |
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KIRTI AZAD |
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February 21, 1981: He made his test match
debut on this day; against New Zealand. |
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MIRRA ALFASSA (The Mother) |
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February 21 - Birth Anniversary |
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NUTAN |
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February 21 - Death Anniversary |
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RAVINDRA JADEJA |
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February 21, 2010: Declared Man of the Match in ODI
against South Africa. |
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RAVI SHASTRI |
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February 21, 1981: He made his test match
debut on this day; against New Zealand. |
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SHAH WALIULLAH |
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February 21 - Birth Anniversary |
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SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR |
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February 21 - Birth Anniversary |
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SURYAKANT TRIPATHI "NIRALA" |
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February 21 - Birth Anniversary |
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TERRORISM IN INDIA
Jammu & Kashmir |
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February 21, 2016: Pampore Encounter at the EDI
Building48-hour of gunbattle at Pampore, on the outskirts of Srinagar,
finally ended with the Army killing all three terrorists holed up in the
Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building. The operation was
launched on February 19 evening after the terrorists attacked a CRPF
convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway and took refuge in the
multi-storey EDI complex. Three Army commandos were killed in the
operation. |
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TERRORISM IN INDIA Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh |
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February 21, 2013: The twin blasts in Dilsukhnagar area in
Hyderabad on this day, claimed 18 lives and injured over 130 people. The
blasts occurred within a distance of 100 metres at crowded places in
Dilsukhnagar on the evening of this day. |
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