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Historical Event on 8/14/1896
Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/1976 | Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 3/12/1911 | Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born. |
| 11/3/1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 5/7/1907 | The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
| 5/7/1907 | Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
| 4/9/1999 | K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur. |
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