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Historical Event on 10/14/1940

Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
10/17/1999Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.