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Historical Event on 2/14/2000

Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1901Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
2/28/1987Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
3/9/199314 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra .
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.