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Historical Event on 8/14/1942
Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1886 | Baluchisthan became a part of India. |
| 3/29/1999 | A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 2/8/1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress. |
| 1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 9/26/1985 | P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta. |
| 7/24/1991 | Industrial licensing scrapped. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
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