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Historical Event on 5/14/1999

Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
7/6/1927Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan).
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.