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Historical Event on 2/21/1894
Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
| 5/14/1972 | Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 1/25/1950 | The post of the Governor General of India was abolished. |
| 4/5/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. |
| 2/1/1964 | Unit Trust of India' established. |
| 11/19/1994 | Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa . |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 3/9/1997 | Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali. |
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