14 JAN HISTORY EVENTS BORN
Today in Indian History Events for January 14
14-January-1592Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
14-January-1641United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
14-January-1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
14-January-1760Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
14-January-1761The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
14-January-1773Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
14-January-1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
14-January-1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
14-January-1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
14-January-1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
14-January-1905Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.
14-January-1926Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
14-January-1927M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras .
14-January-1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
14-January-1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
14-January-1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
14-January-1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
14-January-1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
14-January-1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
14-January-1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
14-January-1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
14-January-1984Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
14-January-1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
14-January-1989`Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.
14-January-1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
14-January-1990J&K Governor quits.
14-January-1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
14-January-1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
14-January-1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
14-January-1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
14-January-1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
14-January-1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
14-January-1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
14-January-1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
14-January-1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
14-January-1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
14-January-1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
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