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Historical Event on 1/14/1998
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1991 | Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
| 2/25/1897 | A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 12/28/1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 7/25/1977 | B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President. |
| 9/10/1918 | Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 1/12/1708 | Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year. |
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