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Historical Event on 10/14/1953

Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.

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2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.