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Historical Event on 4/14/1988

Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
12/4/1920Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), was born in Jhansi, India.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.