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Historical Event on 2/14/1996
Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 10/1/1997 | Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. |
| 10/1/1997 | Property Tax was passed. |
| 10/1/1997 | Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 12/14/1931 | Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes. |
| 11/22/1967 | Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
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