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Historical Event on 8/14/1968
Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/14/1968 | Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort. |
| 9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 9/5/1998 | University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike. |
| 8/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
| 2/17/1998 | Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 11/13/1962 | Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died |
| 10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
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