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Historical Event on 1/14/1993

The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.