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Historical Event on 8/14/1987

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
10/31/1843Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
1/3/1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.