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Historical Event on 7/14/1997

Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
12/28/1892Dr. Shivajirao Ganesh (Daji Patwardhan), famous social worker and Padmashri awardee, was born.
7/10/1994Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.