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Historical Event on 1/14/1946

Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
9/17/1799Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, an able leader and diplomat of Madhavrao Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.