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Historical Event on 10/14/1940

Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
7/7/1905Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
7/14/1942Britishers 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).
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
11/9/1841Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.