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Historical Event on 6/14/1996

CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1901Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"".
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
4/14/1992The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
11/25/1999Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.