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Historical Event on 2/14/1922

Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.