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Historical Event on 10/21/1999
B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/30/1987 | Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
| 10/19/1997 | BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 9/6/1674 | Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it. |
| 9/11/1967 | China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 12/1/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
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