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Historical Event on 5/14/1999
Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/3/1966 | Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000. |
5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
5/31/1988 | Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
9/22/1979 | Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean. |
4/2/1948 | Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona. |
6/1/1997 | Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K. |
1/19/1990 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA. |
4/10/1999 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village. |
5/11/1626 | Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away. |
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