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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1987 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 3/13/1963 | Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities. |
| 4/15/1942 | George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta. |
| 5/1/1996 | International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title. |
| 7/21/1907 | Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born. |
| 6/29/1864 | Dr. Asutosh Mukherjee, great judge, educationist and lawyer of Bengal, was born at Calcutta. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 7/25/2000 | Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service. |
| 10/26/1969 | Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay. |
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