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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
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
7/9/2000India clinches the inaugural Asian Cricket Council under-15 championship in Kuala Lumpur.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
1/7/1928Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.