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Historical Event on 10/21/2000
Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
| 3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 4/12/1992 | M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
| 7/1/1958 | Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 10/26/1952 | Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts . |
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