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Historical Event on 1/14/1993
The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/27/1998 | Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
6/30/1999 | The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain. |
11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
11/1/1996 | Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha. |
7/27/1887 | Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born. |
2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
1/6/1981 | Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres. |
11/22/1773 | Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
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