21st Dec – What Happened Today In History?

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Find out what happened on the 21st of December 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 occur 21st of December

Govinda (born Govind Arun Ahuja, 21 December 1963) also recognized as Chi-Chi is an Indian actor and politician. Govinda has received five Filmfare Award nominations and four Zee Cine Award, winning two Filmfare Award. Making his debut in Ilzaam in 1986.
Tamannaah Bhatia (born 21 December 1989) is an Indian film actress and model, who performs under the mononym Tamannaah and predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil cinema. In 2005, she made her acting debut in the Hindi film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra, before working in the major South Indian film industries.
Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy (born December 21, 1972), also called Jagan by his admirers, is an Indian politician and is a member of the Parliament of India from Kadapa constituency.. He is the son of the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
Vaibhavi Merchant (born 21 December 1975) is a well-known Bollywood dance choreographer, the granddaughter of pioneering choreographer Shri B. Hiralal, her maternal grandfather. She is the older sister of Shruti Merchant. She began her career by assisting Chinni Prakash. She had her acting debut in the Malayalam film Snehapoorvam Anna, but returned to her roots as a dancer and choreographer.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth (born 21 December 1959) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the selection committee. Born in a Brahmin family, he is an engineer by qualification and graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India.

Death Anniversaries on 21st Of December

Teji Bachchan (12 August 1914 – 21 December 2007) was social activist who became a confidant of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; as well as being the wife of Hindi literary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.
Autar Singh Paintal M.D., Ph.D. (September 24, 1925, in Mogok, Burma – December 21, 2004, in Delhi, India) was a medical scientist who has made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. He is a merit student and did his postgraduation in Physiology from King George Medical College, Lucknow.
Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer (known as G. V. Iyer) (1917 – December 21, 2003) was a well known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed “Kannada Bheeshma”, and was the only person who made movies in Sanskrit, Adi Shankaracharya (1983) and which won four National Film Award, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography.
Padmanabhan Krishnagopalan Iyengar (29 June 1931 – 21 December 2011) was an eminent Indian nuclear physicist. He played a central role in India’s cold fission tests. He was former head of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India.
Chief Justice Alvin “Bobby” Robert Cornelius May 8, 1903 — December 21, 1991), HPk, was the Pakistani jurist and judge, serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. Cornelius was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh in British Indian Empire, to a Urdu-speaking Christian family, who raised in secular mode.