Historical Events on January 21.

1.  1793, 21st Jan: King Louis XVI of France was executed on a guillotine for treason.

2.  1805, 21st Jan: Holkar and Jat forces defeated the British at Bharalpur.

3.  1924, 21st Jan: Labor Party government formed for the first time in Britain, Ramsay Macdonald became the Prime Minister.

4.  1961, 21st Jan: Queen Elizabeth of England and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, paid their first visit to India.

5.  1972, 21st Jan: Manipur and Meghalaya got the independent status of states.

6.  2000, 21st Jan: India successfully tests state-of-the-art anti-tank missile system Fire & Forge.

7.  2008, 21st Jan: India launched an Israeli spy satellite and put it in polar orbit.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 21.

1.  1869: Grigori Rasputin, a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man.

2.  1905: Christian Dior, a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.

3.  1908: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, also known as Beypore Sultan, was an Indian independence activist and writer of Malayalam literature.

4.  1953: Paul Allen, an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He was best known for co-founding Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates.

5.  1894: Madhav Julian, an Indian Marathi poet.

6.  1986: Sushant Singh Rajput, an Indian actor who is best known for his work in Hindi cinema.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 21.

1.  1793: Louis XVI, the last king of France.

2.  1870: Alexander Herzen, a Russian writer, and thinker is known as the “father of Russian socialism”.

3.  1924: Vladimir Lenin, a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.

4.  1926: Camillo Golgi, an Italian biologist, and pathologist knew for his works on the central nervous system.

5.  1943: Hemu Kalani, a Sindhi revolutionary and freedom fighter during the Indian Independence Movement. 

6.  1945: Rash Behari Bose, an Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj.

7.  1950: George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic.

8.  1965: Geeta Bali, an Indian film actress.

9.  1983: Ram Dass Katari, the 3rd Chief of the Naval Staff and the first Indian to hold the office.

10.  1997: Surendra Nath Kohli, an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 9th Chief of the Naval Staff of India.

11.  2016: Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai, an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and instructor.

21-January-1820

Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.

21-January-1882

Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.

21-January-1908

Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed.

21-January-1910

Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.

21-January-1922

Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.

21-January-1922

V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.

21-January-1924

Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.

21-January-1943

Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police.

21-January-1945

Shri Rashbehari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away at Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 60.

21-January-1952

Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.

21-January-1956

Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.

21-January-1961

Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi.

21-January-1963

East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.

21-January-1963

Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like "Marwari Sudhar", "Samanwaya", "Adarsh" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel "Dehati Dunia" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.

21-January-1969

First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.

21-January-1970

Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.

21-January-1978

Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested.

21-January-1980

Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.

21-January-1981

Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.

21-January-1983

R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.

21-January-1993

Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.

21-January-1993

Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.

21-January-1994

India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.

21-January-1996

Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.

21-January-1997

Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.

21-January-1997

First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.

21-January-1997

Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.

21-January-1999

Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.

21-January-2000

The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.