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Historical Event on 1/14/1982
First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1998 | An Amusement and Picnic Resorts Pvt. Ltd. with five dolphins and sea lions was inaugurated at Mahabalipuram. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 2/6/1887 | Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 2/24/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from jail. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 4/11/1906 | K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
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