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Historical Event on 1/14/1926
Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 1/27/1904 | R. P. Kanitkar, veteran writer, nationalist, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
| 10/9/1877 | Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 7/12/1920 | Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore. |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
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