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Historical Event on 8/14/1997
Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1964 | Bangalore University was established in Karnataka. |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 2/18/1998 | C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 8/5/1999 | The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet. |
| 1/12/1992 | Punjab election set for February 19. |
| 2/16/1992 | Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 5/7/1907 | The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market. |
| 8/1/1962 | Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation. |
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