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Historical Event on 2/14/1994

The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
5/29/1933Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
6/2/1756Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.