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Historical Event on 7/21/1947
Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
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| 9/12/1779 | Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 1/16/1999 | Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 12/8/1920 | A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP. |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 2/16/1923 | Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away. |
| 9/26/1931 | Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/6/1997 | Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case' |
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