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Historical Event on 11/21/1517
Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 7/18/1980 | Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit. |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji assumes royal title. |
| 3/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 3/1/1978 | Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India. |
| 11/30/1990 | Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 10/19/1920 | Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
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