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Historical Event on 6/21/1999
Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
| 8/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 8/15/1925 | The famous Vijaynagar Hindu Empire established (1336-1565-1646), Deccan region of South India is founded. European visitors are overwhelmed by the wealth and advancement of its 17-square-mile capital. |
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