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Historical Event on 5/14/1954

President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
6/7/1989Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.