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Historical Event on 1/14/1905

Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1925The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
3/18/1938Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.