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Historical Event on 10/14/1955
Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
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| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 7/1/1906 | Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani. |
| 1/26/1957 | Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
| 6/16/1946 | Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London. |
| 5/26/1997 | Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel. |
| 3/27/1845 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany. |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
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