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Historical Event on 1/14/1982

First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.