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Historical Event on 2/14/1996

Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
3/27/1991Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.