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Historical Event on 8/14/1997

Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
2/15/1997Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
12/3/1991An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery.
6/6/1997U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.