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Historical Event on 12/14/1920

Akali Dal established.

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8/21/1879Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
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10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
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2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
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