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Historical Event on 4/14/1772
Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 4/10/1996 | The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt. |
| 4/18/1998 | Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal. |
| 5/19/1953 | State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
| 7/31/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 3/17/1991 | The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91). |
| 1/14/1761 | The 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. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
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