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Historical Event on 4/14/1944

Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
2/5/1981Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75.