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Historical Event on 2/14/2000

The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.

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9/12/1998Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
2/4/1938Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
4/14/1891Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.