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Historical Event on 2/14/1922

Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1927Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
11/2/1841Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
2/24/1946Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.