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Historical Event on 12/14/1864
Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
7/7/1901 | J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta. |
11/19/2000 | The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress. |
2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
9/19/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
7/28/1921 | The All-India Congress Party votes to boycott a forthcoming visit by the Prince of Wales and urges a boycott of imported cloth. |
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