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Historical Event on 8/14/1987

A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
1/24/1857Calcutta University established.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
2/21/1952General Election ( 1st) of India ends.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
6/1/1929V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur.
12/20/2000The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund.
12/23/1959Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.