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Historical Event on 1/14/1959
Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
| 2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 12/20/1956 | Saint Gadgebaba died. |
| 2/21/1990 | The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90). |
| 7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
| 8/1/2000 | The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State. |
| 8/30/1908 | Ganpatrao Tapase, senior freedom fighter and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, was born. |
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