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Historical Event on 1/14/1999

At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
10/6/1969Bruna Coutinho, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Calangute, Goa. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1996.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.