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Historical Event on 10/21/1999

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.
8/6/1993Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
6/20/1957Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
8/3/1930Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
6/3/1947Evening newspaper 'Jay Hind' published.