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Historical Event on 8/14/1954
'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1991 | The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained. |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 3/24/1977 | Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India. |
| 5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
| 9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 5/14/1972 | Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported. |
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