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Historical Event on 11/14/1997

10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
10/1/1949'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
1/30/1882Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York.