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Historical Event on 2/14/1891

Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
9/10/1993India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment.
11/19/1910Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.