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Historical Event on 3/14/1963

Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1959Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party alongwith Ranga.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
9/16/1967Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Natu La pass on the Tibet-Sikkim border.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
9/18/1924Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"".
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.