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Historical Event on 6/14/1958

Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
8/18/1896Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"".
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.