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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.

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3/20/1952	Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
6/11/1998	Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
11/3/1991	India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
10/9/1970	Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
6/14/1997	India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
12/3/1971	India recognises Bangladesh. Indian army marches into Bangladesh and joins hands with Mukti Bahini. Pakistani Army in Bangladesh surrenders to the Indian Commander.
1/12/1953	Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
6/19/1966	Shiv Sena was established.
2/26/1966	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.

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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.

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.