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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

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11/25/1999	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
10/29/1930	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
4/1/1882	Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
1/6/1959	Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
11/3/1984	Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
9/18/1992	M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
8/19/1757	The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
2/21/1997	Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
12/11/1968	Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
8/11/1999	Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.

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Historical Event on 8/14/1987 Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.