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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 |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 9/7/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral. |
| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 3/9/1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
| 12/21/1998 | The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 11/6/1905 | Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar. |
| 6/3/1992 | M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam. |
| 8/13/1960 | Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
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