21 October: What Happened On This Day in History

Alauddin Khilji captured the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.

Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.

The Battle of Trafalgar took place on the coast of Spain.

Florence Nightingale and 38 other nurses were sent to the Crimean War for medical treatment.

The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.

Thomas Edison applied for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

The Swiss Social Democratic Party was established.

Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.

Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.

Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.

Subhash Chandra Bose formally declared the Government of Independent India.

French women voted for the first time during the 1945 French Legislative Elections.

The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.

China invades Tibet.

Establishment of the Indian political party Bharatiya Jan Sangh.

Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.

Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.

Kerala under central rule.

Light spaced at a distance of 1/299792458 seconds, defined as 1 meter.

The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.

Sukhdev Singh and Harvinder Singh, assassins of General Arun Kumar Vaidya, were sentenced to death.

Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.

Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.

Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.

RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award announced to filmmaker BR Chopra.

Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.

Mumbai Police filed a charge sheet against Salman Khan in Bandra Magistrate’s Court.