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Historical Event on 1/14/1994

The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.