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Historical Event on 11/14/1996
Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
| 8/13/1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 8/22/1984 | R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987). |
| 9/25/1916 | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
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