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Historical Event on 1/14/1994

The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
11/20/1760Phattesingh Bhosle passed away.
10/31/1999The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.