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Historical Event on 4/14/1995

India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
10/27/2000The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively.
5/24/1990K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away.
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.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
2/14/1952Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana).
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
2/19/1670Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.