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Historical Event on 8/14/1987

A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
3/22/1977Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
6/30/1917Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.