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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 5/18/1946 | Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 4/18/1859 | Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 11/27/1870 | Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born. |
| 1/1/1851 | Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'. |
| 5/15/1999 | The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance. |
| 3/2/1952 | Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company. |
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