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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
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
6/2/1953Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.