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Historical Event on 7/21/1911
Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1932 | Surinder Kumar Mehra, Air Chief Marshal, was born in Delhi |
| 9/30/1894 | Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 7/24/1837 | Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
| 5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 6/26/1997 | India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| 11/5/1950 | Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died. |
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