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Historical Event on 9/14/1774

Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
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4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
4/11/1942All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
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