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Historical Event on 1/14/1959

Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
5/1/1995Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
3/10/1998B. B. Lyngdoh of the United Democratic Party is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The 12-day-old Congress(I) Ministry resigned following the failure of the party nominee to be elected as Speaker.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
5/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.