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Historical Event on 5/14/1954

President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
8/18/1872Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.