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Historical Event on 1/14/1969
Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 12/12/1965 | Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras. |
| 9/14/1774 | Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 3/18/1944 | Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India. |
| 10/1/1997 | Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence |
| 9/27/1833 | Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
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