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People born on October 21
1790 - French poet Alphonse de la Martin was born.
1830 - Nain Singh Rawat - The first Indian to explore the Himalayan regions.
1833 – Alfred Noble, Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, was born.
1887 - Krishna Singh - First Chief Minister of Bihar.
1889 - Kashinath Narayan Dixit - was a scholar of Indian archaeology.
1925 - Surjit Singh Barnala - Former Chief Minister of Punjab.
1931 - Shammi Kapoor, the famous Hindi film actor, was born.
1937 - Farooq Abdullah - Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on three different occasions.
1939 - Helen, a famous actress and dancer of Hindi films, was born.
1944 - Kulbhushan Kharbanda - film actor.
1950 - Jagdambika Pal was the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (one day term).
1970 - Kamal Sadana - film actor India.
Died on October 21
1998 - Ajit - was a famous actor of Indian Hindi cinema.
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian film producer-director, died.
2020 - The great Urdu poet Mahendra Pratap Chand, who was honored with the 'Fakhr-e-Haryana' award, passed away.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of 21st October
- Lord Shri Anant Nath Ji Garbhkalyanak (Jain, Kartik Krishna Pratipada).
- Sri Krishna Singh Jayanti.
- Shri Surjit Singh Barnala Jayanti.
- Azad Hind Fauj Foundation Day (78th, 1943, not confirmed).
- World Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day.
- Zero Emission Day.
- Indian Police Commemoration Day.
Important Events of 21 October
1296 - Alauddin Khilji took the throne of Delhi.
1555 - Parliament of England refuses to accept Philip as King of Spain.
1727 - Russia and China make agreements to correct the borders.
1805 – The Battle of Drafalgar took place near the Gibraltar Strait in southwestern Spain. In this battle Britain defeated the French and Spanish fleets.
1816 – The Free Scooby of Penang is founded by Rev. Sparke Hutchings on the island of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia).
1824 - Joseph Aspadin patents Portland cement.
1845 - The New York Herald becomes the first newspaper to mention the game of baseball.
1854 – Florence Nightingale is sent to the Crimean War with 38 nurse workers.
1871 - The first amateur outdoor athletic game in America (New York) takes place.
1918 - Margaret Owen sets a world record with a typing speed of 170 vpm in 1 minute.
1927 - Construction of the George Washington Bridge in New York begins.
1934 – Socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan founded the Congress Socialist Party.
1934 - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose founded the Azad Hind Fauj in Singapore.
1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose announces the formation of the Provisional Government of Free India in Singapore.
1944 – American troops capture the German city of Auchen during World War II.
1945 - Women in France get the right to vote for the first time.
1948 - The United Nations rejects Russia's proposal to destroy nuclear weapons.
1950 - Death penalty abolished in Belgium.
1950 - Chinese army invades Tibet.
1951 - Bharatiya Jana Sangh was established.
1954 - India and France sign an agreement to include Pondicherry, Karaikal, and Mahe in the Indian Republic. This agreement came into force on 1 November.
1959 – The Guggenheim Museum opens in New York, USA.
1970 - Norman I Barlaug is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1998 – US cancer specialist Dr. Jane Heaney becomes the first female commissioner of the Drug and Food Administration (FDA).
1999 - Sukarno Putri Meghavati is elected Vice-President of Indonesia.
2003 - Naval exercises between China and Pakistan begin. China launched two satellites with 4-B carrier rocket.
2005 - Mukhtaran Mai of Pakistan, a victim of gang rape, was named 'Woman of the Year'.
2007 - Indian-American Bobby Jindal wins the post of governor of Louisiana, USA.
2008 - Karwan-e-Tizas started between India and Pakistan after 61 years.
2012 - Saina Nehwal won the Denmark Open Super Series title.
2013 - The Parliament of Canada grants Malala Yousafzai Canadian citizenship.
2014 - Famous Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorios is sentenced to five years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
2019 - Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, is opened for tourists.
2019 - In the 2019 Haryana and Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections, about 65 percent voting was recorded in Haryana and more than 60 percent in Maharashtra.
2019 - Indian Army successfully test-fired surface-to-surface BrahMos missiles in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2020 - Air bubble agreement signed between India and Bangladesh to promote international civil aviation services.
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