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Oct 21, 2001 :: HOCKEY :: On this day, India won the World Junior Hockey Championship beating 6-1.

Oct 21, 2000 :: SEEMA ANTIL :: On this day, she became the ever to win a global title in athletics by bagging a gold in discus at the World Junior Athletic Championship at Santiago. However, she was in 2001 after testing positive for a stimulant used by her.

Oct 21, 1990 :: PRABHAT Ranjan SARKAR :: Died this day, he was an Indian teacher and social revolutionary.

Oct 21, 1983 :: On this day, the metre was defined as the distance in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Oct 21, 1951 :: Bharatiya JAN SANGH :: On this day, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerji launched this .

Oct 21, 1949 :: Benjamin NETANYAHU :: Born this day, he was the 9th Prime Minister of .

Oct 21, 1945 :: Women's SUFFRAGE :: From this day, the women in France were for the first time.

Oct 21, 1943 :: SUBHAS Chandra BOSE :: On this day, he established a of Free India at Singapore.

Oct 21, 1931 :: SHAMMI KAPOOR :: Born this day, he has been a famous Indian .

Oct 21, 1879 :: THOMAS EDISON :: On this day, he tested the first practical electric incandescent , using a filament of carbonised thread.

Oct 21, 1854 :: Florence NIGHTINGALE :: On this day, she along with a staff of 38 were sent to the Crimean War.

Oct 21, 1833 :: ALFRED Bernhard NOBEL :: Born this day, he was a Swedish industrialist and the inventor of . In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the . The award ceremony takes place Dec 10 each year, the anniversary of his death (1896). The synthetic element was named after him.

Oct 21, 1824 :: JOSEPH ASPDIN :: On this day, he patented cement.

Oct 21, 1687 :: Nicolaus I BERNOULLI :: Born this day, he was a Swiss .

Oct 21, 1577 :: The city of Amritsar was founded on this day by the fourth Sikh Guru Ram Das and was initially called . The name 'Amritsar' was given by the fifth Sikh Guru Arjun Dev from the Amrit Sarovar dug by Guru Ram Das.