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Historical Event on 12/14/1979
Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/1924 | Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 8/8/1955 | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. |
| 11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
| 2/8/1986 | Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96). |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
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