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Historical Event on 4/14/1979

Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
11/11/1980The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.'
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.