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Historical Event on 8/14/1996

Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.