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Historical Event on 9/14/1971
Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
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| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 11/1/1983 | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 11/24/1941 | Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar. |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
| 2/27/1803 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
| 7/16/1954 | French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted. |
| 7/5/1984 | Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore. |
| 2/17/1918 | S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
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