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Historical Event on 12/14/1992

Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
1/18/1996N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
6/27/1838Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.