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Historical Event on 8/14/1987

A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
6/19/199013 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.