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Historical Event on 4/14/1988

Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
9/4/1999Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.
9/15/1861Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.