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Historical Event on 4/14/1963

Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
10/24/1995Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'