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Historical Event on 2/14/1985
Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 1/5/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
| 1/1/1926 | Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong). |
| 1/1/1926 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 6/4/1947 | Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/5/1941 | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal. |
| 1/2/2000 | Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi. |
| 8/25/1963 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
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