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Historical Event on 4/14/1891

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.

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12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.