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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
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
1/4/1907Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.
12/1/1921Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
3/6/1962Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.