21st April What Happened Today in History?

What Happened Today in History?

Find out what happened on 21^st April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 21^st April.

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

• Korni Singh, the first shooter of India was born, honored with the ‘Arjuna Award’ in 1924 in 1961.
• In 1926, the birth of the eldest Queen Elizabeth II of 54 nations and territories.
• Born in 1891, the first deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India and the second Governor James Brend Taylor after Osborne Smith.
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Death anniversaries on 21^st April:

• Poet Mohammed Iqbal, who wrote “Best of all, from Hindustan, ours”, died in 1938.
• Shakuntala Devi, who passed the machine in October, was killed in 2013.
• Indian politician and senior Congress leader Janki Ballabh Patnaik died in 2015.

Notable Events:

• 2006-CIVIL SERVANTS DAY, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, addressed the first batch of civil servants in Independent India at the Metcalf House.
• 1451-The founder of the Lodi dynasty, Baholol Khan Lodi became the ruler of Delhi.
• 1996– Sanjay Thapar of Indian Air Force was thrown into North Dhruv through parachute.
• 2006-The King of Nepal announced the handing over of the government to the government.
• 1526– Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the first battle of Panipat between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi, ruler of the Mughal Empire.

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