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Historical Event on 7/14/1856
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
| 11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
| 10/24/1938 | Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur. |
| 6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
| 11/1/1978 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
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