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Historical Event on 4/21/1975
Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
| 6/25/1999 | PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham. |
| 10/31/1997 | Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 5/12/1930 | R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
| 8/15/1947 | Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy. |
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