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Historical Event on 9/14/1992

Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
2/17/1991Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.