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Historical Event on 6/14/1998
S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/21/1959 | Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border. |
| 11/1/1996 | Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai. |
| 1/1/1950 | Inauguration of National Chemical Laboratory at Mumbai. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 12/22/1994 | Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 10/25/1997 | 180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years. |
| 4/4/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
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