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Historical Event on 2/14/1901

King Edward VII open's his first parliament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
12/10/1969Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
9/11/1948Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.