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Historical Event on 5/14/1923

Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.