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Historical Event on 10/21/1999
B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/28/1896 | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala. |
6/11/1998 | Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand. |
7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
5/7/1973 | The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
3/4/1991 | Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed. |
4/22/1991 | IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India. |
10/27/1907 | Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family. |
11/6/1950 | King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India. |
7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
2/15/1998 | Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open. |
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