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Historical Event on 8/14/1993

New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/5/1938Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.).
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
9/21/1938Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
1/8/1995ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh.
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.