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Historical Event on 4/14/1988

Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1993JPC indicts RBI and Finance Ministry in the multi-crore security scam.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.