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Historical Event on 3/14/1997

Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
9/27/1990Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
1/27/1972V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
10/18/1901Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
11/21/1985Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.