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Historical Event on 2/14/1933

W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
4/4/1904Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"".
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
8/21/2000Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
3/19/1907Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born.
5/7/1861Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
1/9/1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.