What Happened Today in History?
Find out what happened on 14th April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 14th April.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, orator, economist, teacher, and editor. He was also the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution.
- Suchitra Karthik Kumar (b. 14 April 1979) is an Indian Tamil Radio Jockey and Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu playback singer. Born and brought up in Kerala, she had her school education in Bhavans Vidya Mandir Giri Nagar, Kochi.
- Vasanthakumar (b. April 14, 1950) is an Indian entrepreneur and politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the owner of Vasanth & Co, one of the largest durable goods retail chains in Tamil Nadu.
- Anil Kumar Dutta (Born 1 Baisakh, 1340 Bangabda 15 April 1933, died 15 Bhadra 1412 1 September 2006) was an Indian artist and educator.
Death anniversaries on 14th April:
- Israr Ahmed (April 26, 1932 – April 14, 2010) was a Pakistani Islamic theologian followed particularly in South Asia and among the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America. Born in Hissar, (today’s Haryana) in India.
- Rami Reddy (1959 – 14 April 2011) was an Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He also tried as director and producer but was not successful.
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (19 October 1897 – 14 April 1994), HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil., FPAS, FRS. was a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry.
- P.B. Sreenivas was a veteran playback singer from India.
Notable Events:
- 1699 – Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
- 1659- Aurangzeb defeated Dara in the battle of Delhi.
- 1912– The Titanic ship was sunk into the ice block in when traveling in the sea.
- In 2005, India and the US signed an agreement to open their own flying zones for each other’s airlines.
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