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Historical Event on 12/14/1955
Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/14/1955 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 11/5/1951 | Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup. |
| 12/27/1976 | Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 4/14/1962 | Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award. |
| 8/15/1998 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends. |
| 4/4/1910 | Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
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