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Historical Event on 10/14/1985

Assam Ganparishad established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
7/14/1942Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
6/11/1930A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.