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Historical Event on 5/14/1995
Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 3/9/1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
| 1/31/1946 | Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 8/11/1954 | Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 4/30/1999 | Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant. |
| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
| 11/23/1993 | 'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur. |
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