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Historical Event on 7/14/1942

Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
4/16/1996Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days).
4/16/1996Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
3/22/1933M.V.Nagendra, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1963-77, was born at Karnataka.
3/22/1933Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.