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Historical Event on 8/14/1987
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 3/26/1972 | The first International Sanskrit Conference was held by President V.V Giri. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 6/5/1980 | Manipur University was established. |
| 11/11/1973 | India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 4/23/1929 | The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime. |
| 3/22/1947 | India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India. |
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