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Historical Event on 10/21/1950

China invades Tibet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
2/25/1995Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.