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Historical Event on 2/14/1994

The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
1/11/1966Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
4/7/1935Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died.