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Historical Event on 1/14/1773
Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
| 11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
| 4/3/1903 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka. |
| 1/22/1963 | The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 9/1/1999 | The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 1/1/1956 | No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'. |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
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