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Historical Event on 12/14/1955

Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
1/30/1948Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
6/23/1946Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.