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Historical Event on 8/14/1968

Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
2/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).
7/3/1838Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born.
6/14/1998S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai.