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Historical Event on 4/14/1916

Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
11/28/1997Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.