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Historical Event on 2/14/1996

President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
8/12/1946Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.