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Historical Event on 8/14/1942

Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
5/3/1998Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President.
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
4/14/1988Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.