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Historical Event on 1/14/1985
Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1954 | Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 10/31/2000 | Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur. |
| 11/20/1955 | Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
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