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Historical Event on 6/21/1940
Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 7/25/2000 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 3/3/1967 | India signed the International Space Treaty in Moscow. |
| 7/8/1996 | U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections. |
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