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Historical Event on 5/14/1996
H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1996 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 6/20/1992 | CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma. |
| 3/22/1977 | Janata and its allies gain absolute majority in Lok Sabha. |
| 7/6/1935 | Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 6/14/1985 | M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985. |
| 6/2/1993 | Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured. |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 10/25/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion. |
| 3/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
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