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Historical Event on 5/14/1976

Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
2/21/1990The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90).
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
10/19/1974T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died.
9/16/1931Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.