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Historical Event on 5/14/1995
Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
| 10/6/1985 | P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra . |
| 3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 5/17/1980 | V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs. |
| 6/27/1998 | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86. |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 7/19/1925 | Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
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