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Historical Event on 1/14/1982

First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.