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Historical Event on 3/21/1939

Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
9/1/1999Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.