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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
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
1/26/1927Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born.
9/7/1993India and China sign border peace accord.
12/14/1920Akali Dal established.
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.