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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
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
12/19/1860Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
11/3/1900Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.