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Historical Event on 7/14/1942
Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/6/1971 | Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 9/30/1999 | Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
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