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Historical Event on 7/14/1997

Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
5/1/1997Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
1/1/1931Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
12/21/1994The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.