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Historical Event on 4/14/1979

Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1677Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi.
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
8/17/1994Opposition ends Parliament boycott.
10/27/1997UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members.