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Historical Event on 1/14/1938

Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
9/25/1922Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.
1/16/1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
2/25/1982J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.