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Historical Event on 5/14/1978

Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
5/4/1995The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
5/16/1926Manik Varma, famous singer, was born.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
7/31/1916Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.