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Historical Event on 1/14/1896

Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
1/31/1963Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
5/11/1888Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.
8/1/1846Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.