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Historical Event on 8/14/1987

A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
10/22/1873Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedant