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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/14/1884 |
Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
| 10/14/1885 |
Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P. |
| 10/14/1910 |
Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India. |
| 10/14/1919 |
Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 10/14/1930 |
The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'. |
| 10/14/1940 |
Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India. |
| 10/14/1947 |
Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 10/14/1953 |
Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died. |
| 10/14/1955 |
Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia . |
| 10/14/1956 |
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 10/14/1980 |
S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died. |
| 10/14/1985 |
Assam Ganparishad established. |
| 10/14/1989 |
Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party. |
| 10/14/1991 |
Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 10/14/1992 |
10 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah. |
| 10/14/1994 |
Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 10/14/1996 |
Sukh Ram granted bail. |
| 10/14/1997 |
The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 10/14/1997 |
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex. |
| 10/14/1998 |
Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. |
| 10/14/1998 |
Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 10/14/1999 |
Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1921 | Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born. |
| 4/15/1998 | Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna. |
| 1/11/1994 | Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy. |
| 12/10/1878 | Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP. |
| 1/31/1946 | Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta. |
| 12/4/1992 | RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi. |
| 1/6/1989 | Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 5/7/1907 | The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
| 1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
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