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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 09/14/1774 |
Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 09/14/1803 |
Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 09/14/1820 |
Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
| 09/14/1868 |
Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 09/14/1893 |
Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started. |
| 09/14/1910 |
Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 09/14/1919 |
Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat. |
| 09/14/1923 |
Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
| 09/14/1932 |
Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 09/14/1933 |
Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India. |
| 09/14/1949 |
Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 09/14/1953 |
Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 09/14/1965 |
Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
| 09/14/1967 |
US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 09/14/1971 |
Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died. |
| 09/14/1991 |
Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants. |
| 09/14/1992 |
Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives. |
| 09/14/1992 |
The government allows foreign investors to enter the Indian capital market; incentives offered. |
| 09/14/1992 |
S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died. |
| 09/14/1997 |
Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue. |
| 09/14/1997 |
78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 09/14/1997 |
Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 06/24/1897 | Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 02/16/1905 | Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 04/30/1996 | Re-polling in 445 stations in six states. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 04/23/1930 | Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers. |
| 10/22/1913 | Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan. |
| 05/26/1998 | S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal. |
| 09/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 09/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
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