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Historical Event on 5/14/1960

The first plane of India flew upto New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
5/31/1988Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.