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Historical Event on 1/21/1963

Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
7/25/1970Pillai A. Thanu, former Chief Minister of Kerala, passed away.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
8/25/1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.