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Historical Event on 8/14/1900

S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
10/21/1999Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.