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Historical Event on 1/14/1994

The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
9/14/1965Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.