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Historical Event on 4/14/1979

Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
7/6/1992The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
2/20/1968Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
6/22/1955Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.