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Historical Event on 1/14/1969

Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
12/20/1942Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
11/25/1984Yashwantrao B. Chavhan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Deputy Prime Minister, passed away.
10/30/1947The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.