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Historical Event on 2/14/1994
The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
1/26/1995 | Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured. |
3/21/1996 | PSLV-D3 launched successfully. |
2/19/1919 | Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born. |
4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
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