ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI |
April 14 - Birth Anniversary |
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ALI
AKBAR KHAN |
April 14 - Birth Anniversary |
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BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR |
April 14 - Birth Anniversary
April 14, 1990: His statue was installed
inside the Parliament House on this day, when late Shri V.P. Singh was
the Prime Minster of India.
April 14, 2015: Google commemorated
Ambedkar's 124th birthday through a homepage doodle on this day. |
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DISASTERS - EXPLOSION BOMBAY DOCKS - 1944 |
April 14, 1944 - The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay
Docks Explosion) occurred in the Victoria Dock
of Bombay (now Mumbai) when the freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a
mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, and ammunition including around 1,400
tons of explosives, caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts,
scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the
area killing around 800 people.
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DISASTERS - HAILSTONES BANGLADESH - 1986 |
April 14, 1986: World's largest and
heaviest Hailstones rained in Gopalganj, Bangladesh. |
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INDIA - ECONOMY - AGRICULTURE e-National Agriculture
Market |
April 14, 2016: The scheme was launched on
this day by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. |
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INDIAN RAILWAYS |
April 14, 1951- Southern Railway was established with
headquarters in Chennai.
April 14, 1952 - Eastern Railway was established at
Kolkata while Northern Railway was established at Delhi. North Eastern
Railway was also established on this day at Gorakhpur. |
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JAMSETJEE JEEJEBHOY |
April 14 - Death
Anniversary |
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KANSHI RAM |
April 14, 1984: He became the National
President of the Bahujan Samaj Party. |
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MARGARET Nazareth
ALVA |
April 14 - Birthday |
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NITISH KUMAR |
April 14, 1998: He became the Minister of Surface
Transport, Govt of India. |
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PARTITION OF BENGAL 1905 |
April 14, 1906 - A full procession wearing Vande
Mataram badges gathered. Before it could proceed, the police charged
them in the cruelest manner with police sticks. |
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P.B. SREENIVAS |
April 14 -
Death
Anniversary |
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MAHAPANDIT
RAHUL
SANKRITYAYAN |
April 14 - Death Anniversary |
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RAJESHWARI SACHDEV |
April 14 - Birthday |
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RAMANA MAHARSHI |
April 14 - Death Anniversary |
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R.P. GOENKA |
April 14 - Death Anniversary |
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SHAMSHAD BEGUM |
April 14 - Birth Anniversary |
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SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE |
Apr-14, 1944 - He hoisted the Indian
Tricolour on the Indian soil for the first time (at Moirang in
Manipur); Manipur also has an Indian National Army Memorial and also a
War Museum. |
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