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Historical Event on 12/14/1931
Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 11/19/1998 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
| 8/10/1927 | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras. |
| 6/1/1959 | The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 4/23/1959 | Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma. |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
| 1/1/1914 | Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal. |
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