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Today in History India 14 April

Check out below about Today in History India 14 April in Indian history or April 14 special day in India. Looking for information about today special day in India? If yes, check out below. On this Special day today 14 April in Indian history, falls the birthdays and death anniversaries of various well-known people of India. You would also find out about events that happened that make it to the list of today special day in India.

Today’s Historical Events on April 14

Historical events in Indian and world history on April 14.

1661, 14th April: Prince Sessie first used the term telescope for telescopes.

1699, 14th April: The tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Govind Singh, established the Khalsa Panth.

1865, 14th April: U.S. President Abraham Lincon was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth

Lincoln died the next day.

1912, 14th April: RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean at 11:40 pm (local time).

1944, 14th April: A cargo ship, the Fort Stickin, docked at Mumbai dock, explodes at 4:05 pm, killing 300 people and causing (then) financial loss of about 20 million pounds.

1995, 14th April: Dr. Ramesh Babu set a world record for holding 6,670 consecutive rallies in table tennis in Pune.

2006, 14th April: Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi, injured 13 people.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 14

1629: Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and inventor.

1872: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, a British-Indian barrister. He translated the Quran into English.

1891: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer. He is known as “the Sculptor of the Indian Constitution”.

1919: Shamshad Begum, an Indian singer.

1919: K. Saraswathi Amma, a Malayalam feminist writer.

1922: Ali Akbar Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical musician.

1957: Kailasavadivoo Sivan, an Indian space scientist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 14

1950: Ramana Maharshi, an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta. 

1962: Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, an Indian civil engineer and statesman.

1963: Rahul Sankrityayan, the Father of Indian Travelogue Travel literature.

1997: Chandu Parkhi, an Indian actor.

2013: Rama Prasad Goenka, Indian business magnate.

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