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Historical Event on 12/14/1968

Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
1/19/1963Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, passed away.
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
9/15/1861Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.