21 April Today in Indian History (English)

Created by MentorJi in Today In History 24 Apr 2024
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Historical Events on April 21.


  1.  Indian Civil Service Day


  1.  753 BC, 21st April: Romulus founded Rome. 


  1.  1451, 21st April: Bahlol Khan Lodi, the founder of the Lodi dynasty, became the ruler of Delhi.


  1.  1526, 21st April: Ibrahim Lodi was killed in the first battle of Panipat between the Mughal ruler Babur and Ibrahim Lodi.


  1.  1720, 21st April: Baji Rao I succeeded Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath.


  1.  1960, 21st April: Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, was inaugurated.


  1.  1972, 21st April: John Young and Charles Duke, astronauts from the American spacecraft Apollo 16, landed on the moon.


  1.  2000, 21st April: Supreme Court ruled that a dependent widow has a right to the property of her parents.



Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 21.


  1.  1861: Charlotte Bronte, an English novelist, and poet.


  1.  1864: Max Weber, a German sociologist, jurist, and political economist.


  1.  1921: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.


  1.  1922: Alistair MacLean, a 20th-century Scottish novelist.


  1.  1945: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, an Indian former cricketer and umpire.


  1.  1950: Shivaji Satam, an Indian television and film actor.



Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 21.


  1.  1509: Henry VII, the King of England and Lord of Ireland.


  1.  1891: Bharathidasan, a 20th-century Tamil poet and writer.


  1.  1910: Mark Twain, an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.


  1.  1938: Muhammad Iqbal, a poet, philosopher, and politician from Punjab, British India.


  1.  1946: John Keynes, a British economist.


  1.  2013: Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer, and mental calculator.





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