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Historical Event on 1/14/1946
Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1997 | Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 12/30/1993 | Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress. |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 9/4/1993 | Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc. |
| 4/8/1894 | Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
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