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Historical Event on 12/14/1901

Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.