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Historical Event on 8/14/1980
Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1999 | 57 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district. |
| 1/20/1898 | Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 8/15/1972 | Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 10/9/1931 | Air Force was established. |
| 5/23/1975 | P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away. |
| 11/2/1994 | Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter. |
| 11/2/1994 | Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance. |
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