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Historical Event on 12/14/1910

Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".