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Historical Event on 7/14/1997
Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
| 4/6/1606 | Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra. |
| 2/11/1933 | First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi. |
| 11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
| 10/30/1991 | Bansilal Ladda, veteran freedom fighter and law expert, passed away. |
| 9/21/1996 | Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again. |
| 4/30/1998 | Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998. |
| 12/10/1990 | The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also. |
| 7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
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