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Historical Event on 2/14/1929

Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

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8/25/1975Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
9/5/1909Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.