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Historical Event on 10/14/1953

Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .