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Historical Event on 4/14/1979
Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1979 | Saint Chokhoba passed away. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 5/11/1895 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, great Indian profound philosopher of international repute, was born at Madanapalle, Andhra Predesh. His famous book ""Song of Life"" contains most of his philosophical thoughts and teachings. |
| 3/30/1923 | New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 6/6/1982 | Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 12/5/1999 | India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World. |
| 9/1/1981 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984. |
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