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Historical Event on 8/14/1968

Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1961P. L. Deshpande played first solo drama 'Batatyachi Chawl'.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
12/28/1928First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
11/15/1982Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
8/25/1997Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.