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Historical Event on 12/14/1936

Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.