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Historical Event on 1/14/1994

The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1994Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants.
7/29/1994Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
3/1/2000Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
2/3/1912Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.