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Historical Event on 1/14/1998

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.