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Historical Event on 10/21/1999
Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 1/17/1987 | Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar. |
| 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. |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 11/13/1945 | Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India |
| 11/20/1888 | Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 12/14/1968 | Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died. |
| 9/27/2000 | The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100. |
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