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Historical Event on 2/14/1996
President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1928 | Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 10/26/1932 | Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
| 2/2/1953 | All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi. |
| 2/2/1953 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
| 7/29/1911 | Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
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