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Historical Event on 02/14/1483

Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.

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12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
9/19/1911Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
1/11/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).