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Historical Event on 4/21/1994
Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1846 | Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/25/1994 | Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 9/17/1864 | Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 2/9/1898 | The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 5/1/1996 | P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case. |
| 3/25/1898 | Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away. |
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