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Historical Event on 2/14/1959

Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
9/21/1999Mr. A. C. Muthiah was elected president and Kapil Dev the senior coach at the Board of Control of Cricket in India AGM in Jaipur.
2/10/1902Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.).
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.