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Historical Event on 9/14/1774
Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1979 | Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras. |
| 3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 1/3/1923 | Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 1/1/1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
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