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Historical Event on 10/21/1996
Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 4/9/1994 | C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 6/23/1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I). |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 6/3/1998 | The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi. |
| 7/28/1997 | Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court. |
| 4/11/1999 | India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
| 4/27/1960 | Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc). |
| 11/29/1962 | Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages. |
| 2/1/1922 | Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience. |
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