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Historical Event on 11/14/1997

Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.