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Historical Event on 12/14/1895
George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1947 | There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government. |
| 1/19/1697 | Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away. |
| 5/13/1994 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 3/17/1955 | Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products. |
| 7/24/1837 | Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
| 12/15/1976 | Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 9/11/1985 | Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India. |
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