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Historical Event on 2/14/1658
Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 7/6/1901 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 1/14/1998 | The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka. |
| 10/1/1932 | Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years. |
| 11/5/1929 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died. |
| 10/1/1959 | Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964. |
| 4/12/1987 | V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place. |
| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
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