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Historical Event on 9/21/1948
Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1996 | The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt. |
| 1/27/1999 | P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest. |
| 12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
| 2/8/1912 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 5/13/1857 | Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 3/21/1937 | Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born. |
| 2/18/1992 | Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away. |
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