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Historical Event on 6/21/1999

Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1937Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
11/16/1947Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.