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Historical Event on 7/14/1998

India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
4/12/2000Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani.
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
7/29/1748Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
8/19/1946Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded.
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.