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Historical Event on 4/14/1988

Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.