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Historical Event on 4/14/1944

Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
8/16/1965Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts.
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.