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Historical Event on 5/14/1978
Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
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| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 2/13/1719 | Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 7/9/1969 | Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 5/20/1900 | Sumitranandan Pant was born. |
| 10/10/1973 | Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France |
| 2/9/1993 | Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%. |
| 3/16/1939 | Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1. |
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