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Historical Event on 10/14/1956

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
2/11/199912 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
4/17/1983Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3.