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Historical Event on 10/14/1997

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.