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Historical Event on 1/14/1998

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1926Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
7/18/1990Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
5/3/1971Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
8/29/1998Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
11/1/1991Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.