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Historical Event on 1/14/1998

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.