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Historical Event on 5/14/1978
Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/5/1961 | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs. |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
| 5/6/1944 | Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 8/27/1781 | Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 9/11/1993 | Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi. |
| 7/7/1905 | Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'. |
| 6/3/1865 | George V, King of England (1910-36), was born. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
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