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Historical Event on 2/14/2000

Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
7/12/1957Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
1/28/1984Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away.
5/9/1995Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.