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Historical Event on 5/14/1994

RBI announces tight monetary policy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
9/9/1947Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
10/9/1874Nicholas Roerich, great professor, master, artist, scientist, educator, writer, designer, poet, explorer and humanitarian, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He led artistic and scientific expedition in Himalayas and settled in Kulu valley.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.