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Historical Event on 1/14/1985
Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 4/9/1994 | C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 4/1/1990 | Gold Control Act was withdrawn. |
| 1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
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