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Historical Event on 2/14/1891

Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
7/30/1992The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
9/27/1995Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
7/3/1987The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country.
9/8/1953Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.