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Historical Event on 4/14/1659

Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.

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1/1/1924Krishna Mohan Jha, famous educationist, was born at Pokharia near Katihar (Purnea).
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
5/2/1954Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.