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Historical Event on 1/14/1926
Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
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| 5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
| 2/25/1999 | The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively. |
| 11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 7/15/1993 | JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 10/6/1954 | Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country. |
| 6/17/1973 | Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 10/3/1831 | Britishers captured Mysore. |
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