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Historical Event on 12/14/1955
Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 12/24/1809 | Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born. |
| 1/4/1954 | Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954. |
| 3/1/1996 | Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case. |
| 1/17/1771 | Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 9/14/1949 | Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
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