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Historical Event on 1/14/1998

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
4/15/1948Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.
11/16/1991Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.