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Historical Event on 7/14/1998

India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
9/27/1873Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat.
11/18/1964Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat