14th June – What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 14th June 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 June.

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Kirron Kher ( born 14 June 1955) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress and a TV talk show host. Kirron Kher was born in Bangalore and brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab, where she did her schooling and later college from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Ahmed Raza Khan Fazil-e-Barelvi ( अहमद रज़ा खान) (1856–1921 CE) was a Sunni Hanafi scholar and sufi, whose works influenced the Barelvi movement of South Asia. Raza Khan wrote on numerous topics, including law, religion, philosophy and the sciences.
Raj Shrikant Thackeray (born 14 June 1968) is the founder and president of the right-wingMarathi ethnocentric regional political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (“Maharashtra Reformation Army”) in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Pritam Chakraborty, better known as Pritam is a music director and composer from Kolkata who currently composes music for Bollywood. He is known for his contribution in the music of Bollywood movies.

Death anniversaries on 14th June:

Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC, FRGS, FZS (17 November 1876 – 14 June 1922) was an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War.
Fakir Mohan Senapati (13 January 1843 – 14 June 1918) born on January 13, 1843, at Mallikashpur in Balasore, played a leading role in establishing the distinct identity of Oriya, a language mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa.

Notable Events:

1880-Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.
1947-Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
1958-Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.