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Historical Event on 8/14/1997

Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1934Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan and his friends established the 'Congress Socialist Party' and Acharya Narendra Dev was its President and JP was its Gen. Secretary.
10/21/1934Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
1/16/1997Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.