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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 4/22/1994 | Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM. |
| 8/3/1954 | Atomic Energy Department established. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 9/16/1916 | D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
| 9/20/1921 | Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 5/14/1993 | Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign. |
| 5/4/1993 | Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced. |
| 11/30/1986 | Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab. |
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