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Historical Event on 2/14/1990

An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
5/17/1873Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.