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Historical Event on 2/14/1970

Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
6/19/1949People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
2/6/1887Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.