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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 |
| 5/2/1992 | President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges. |
| 9/11/1956 | The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash. |
| 7/23/1898 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 5/30/1987 | Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 10/11/1894 | Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 3/22/1991 | President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament. |
| 9/26/1946 | Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
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