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Historical Event on 2/14/1929

Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
3/10/193917 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
11/27/1935Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi
10/26/1991Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
5/23/1997Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.