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Historical Event on 10/14/1999

Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).
1/8/1956Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of 'Maharashtra Drama Group' (Maharashtra Natak Mandali), died.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).