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Historical Event on 1/14/1994

Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1994Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.
12/22/1992Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.