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Historical Event on 4/14/1925

Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
4/17/1952First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.