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Events for April 14

14-April-1469	Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
14-April-1563	Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
14-April-1659	Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
14-April-1772	Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
14-April-1891	Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
14-April-1905	Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal.
14-April-1907	P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
14-April-1914	Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
14-April-1916	Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.
14-April-1919	Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Pun
14-April-1925	Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
14-April-1941	Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
14-April-1944	Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
14-April-1948	Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
14-April-1950	Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
14-April-1952	Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
14-April-1962	Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Awar
14-April-1963	Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
14-April-1979	Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
14-April-1988	Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
14-April-1989	Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
14-April-1990	J&K Assembly dissolved.
14-April-1990	L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
14-April-1990	Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
14-April-1990	Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
14-April-1991	NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
14-April-1992	The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
14-April-1993	The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
14-April-1995	India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
14-April-1998	Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
14-April-2000	The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''.