14 November - India on this day21 events
Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper "Marathawada", was born.
Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay.
Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.
Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.