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Historical Event on 6/14/1929
Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 1/2/1754 | Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. |
| 1/2/1754 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/29/1857 | Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British). |
| 6/20/1897 | Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 1/27/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution. |
| 7/7/1901 | J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta. |
| 2/1/1969 | Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta. |
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