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Historical Event on 2/14/1985

Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.