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Historical Event on 10/21/1950
China invades Tibet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 11/17/1966 | India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. |
| 5/21/1855 | Rani Rasmoni was consecrated at Bhabatarini Kali Temple of Dakhineswar. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 4/4/1951 | West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India. |
| 1/19/1997 | Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 10/10/1946 | Noakhali Massacre. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
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