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Historical Event on 8/14/1968

Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1938Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.
2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
11/30/1999Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
11/23/1948The beseiged garrison of Punch was relieved a full year after its siege. This meant that a firm grip had been established all the way from Pathankot on the major portions of this province.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
8/23/1994Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.