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Historical Event on 11/14/1997

10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
11/7/1996Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.