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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

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5/7/1958	Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
8/18/1872	Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
7/8/1928	Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
2/1/1942	No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
4/27/1854	First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
3/3/1939	Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
11/3/1997	India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
6/29/1757	Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad.
3/25/1905	Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
1/6/1953	Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.

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Historical Event on 8/14/1987 Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.