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Historical Event on 5/14/1972

Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
5/19/1951Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
7/5/1998An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.