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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
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
9/21/1997Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.
6/24/1996Nanchil K. Manoharan, former DMK Finance Minister, expelled from the party.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.