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Historical Event on 5/14/1995

Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
3/25/1911L. D. Swamikannu publishes ""Manual of Indian Chronology"" in Bombay.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.