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Historical Event on 2/14/1985
Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 10/25/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 10/4/1997 | J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill. |
| 5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
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