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Historical Event on 2/14/1925
Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/25/1906 | Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born. |
| 1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away. |
| 6/20/1948 | Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 11/15/1993 | IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
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