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Historical Event on 5/14/1995
Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/15/2000 | Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 6/20/1948 | Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union. |
| 10/11/1986 | Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania. |
| 8/1/1920 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy surrendering ""Kaisar-E-Hind"" Medal, ""Zulu War"" Medal and ""Boer War"" Medal and launched the All India Non-Violent Non-Coperation Movement. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 7/27/1995 | 11 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes. |
| 4/15/1984 | Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 8/9/1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore. |
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