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Historical Event on 2/14/1891
Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/13/1999 | Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
| 4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
| 4/30/1991 | Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu |
| 9/8/1962 | Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration. |
| 6/20/1756 | A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here. |
| 4/4/1999 | India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta. |
| 5/23/1967 | South Gujrat University was established. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
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