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Historical Event on 2/14/1994

The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
10/3/1977Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.
5/4/1849Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
8/13/1936Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay.