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Historical Event on 5/14/1993

Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.