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Historical Event on 7/14/1928

Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
4/27/1748Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor, passed away and was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
10/21/1887Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.