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Historical Event on 5/14/1982

All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
2/16/1982Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
10/16/1999Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
7/27/1982Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi first visited the US in almost 11 years.
10/30/1977One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).