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Historical Event on 8/14/1993

15 bus passengers massacred in J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
10/1/1991India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
5/29/1982Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet.
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.