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Historical Event on 10/21/1999

B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
4/5/1984Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.