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Historical Event on 1/14/1851
Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 12/23/1972 | Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 4/8/1897 | Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
| 7/7/1995 | Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
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