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Historical Event on 6/14/1996
CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat . |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 4/12/1752 | Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar. |
| 2/17/1986 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 1/8/1981 | India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia. |
| 10/29/1920 | Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating. |
| 5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
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