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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
6/9/1991Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.