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Historical Event on 11/14/1997

N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1937R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
5/17/1974Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
1/28/1933Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
5/29/1968Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.