14th Jan – What Happened Today In History?

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Find out what happened on the 14th of January 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 occur 14th of January

Vikram Shankar Pandit (born 14 January 1957) is an Indian-born American banker. He is the chief executive of Citigroup, a position he has held since December 2007. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia Business School.
Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian film and theatre actress from Assam who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur’s film Bandit Queen (1994). She has a reputation for performing strong character roles. Biswas won the 1996 National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Bandit Queen.
Durga Khote (January 14, 1905−September 22, 1991) was an Indian actress, starting as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions.
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (born 14 January 1977, in Coimbatore) is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series.
Sobhan Babu (January 14, 1937 – March 20, 2008) was an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema. Born as Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao to a middle-class family, Sobhan went on to become a romantic icon and was one of the top Tollywood heroes for two decades.

Death Anniversaries on 14th of January

Jaishankar Prasad (January 30, 1889 – January 14, 1937), one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. Jaishankar Prasad was born on January 30, 1889, in an elite madheshiya vaisya family in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chitragupta Shrivastava (16 November 1917 – 14 January 1991), better known by his first name alone, was an Indian film music director of the 1960s. Chitragupta composed music for films like Bada Aadmi,Aplam Chaplam, Opera House, Zabak, Aulad, Main Chup Rahoongi, Akash Deep, Bhabhi (1957), Oonche Log ,Main Shaadi Karane Chala, Ganga ki Laharen, Ek Raazetc .
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar (15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, South India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam (ancient Sanskrit drama theatre tradition) artist and authority of modern times.
H. M. Reddy (12 June 1892 – 14 January 1960) produced the first south talkie movie, Bhakta Prahlada. His full name was Hanumappa Muniappa Reddy and he was also referred as HM Reddy. Before making his own productions, he worked as assistant to Ardeshir Irani, creator of the first Indian talkie Alam Ara.
Vishwas Rao (March 2, 1742 – January 14, 1761) was an Indian noble of the Maratha Empire. Vishwasrao was born the eldest son of Nanasaheb Peshwa at Supa (now Joida) near Pune. He was trained in administrative matters and was exposed to military training early in his life.

Notable Event

1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
1938 Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
1946 Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
1948 First issue of Marathi daily newspaper ‘Loksatta’ was published.
1964 Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.