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Historical Event on 5/14/1993

Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
2/6/1952George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.