14 JAN TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for January 14

14-January-1592	Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
14-January-1641	United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
14-January-1758	Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
14-January-1760	Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
14-January-1761	The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
14-January-1773	Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.
14-January-1843	Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
14-January-1851	Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
14-January-1882	Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
14-January-1896	Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
14-January-1905	Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.
14-January-1926	Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.
14-January-1927	M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras .
14-January-1938	Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
14-January-1946	Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
14-January-1948	First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
14-January-1959	Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
14-January-1964	Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
14-January-1969	Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
14-January-1980	Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
14-January-1982	First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
14-January-1984	Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.
14-January-1985	Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
14-January-1989	`Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.
14-January-1990	India and Maldives scrap visas.
14-January-1990	J&K Governor quits.
14-January-1991	Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
14-January-1993	The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
14-January-1994	The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
14-January-1994	Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
14-January-1994	C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
14-January-1995	The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
14-January-1995	Ban on VHP re-imposed.
14-January-1998	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
14-January-1998	Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
14-January-1998	The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
14-January-1999	At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.