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Historical Event on 5/14/1992
LTTE banned in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 2/11/1933 | First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi. |
| 10/1/1993 | Two more Election Commissioners appointed. |
| 2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
| 9/21/1992 | The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS. |
| 9/8/1910 | Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
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