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Historical Event on 2/14/2000

Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.