Year 1659
Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
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14 April: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 14 April.
Observances & Special Days
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Black Day (South Korea)
Youth Day (Angola)
Year 1661
Prince Sessie first used the term telescope for telescopes.
Year 1699
The tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Govind Singh, established the Khalsa Panth.
Year 1865
U.S. President Abraham Lincon was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
Year 1905
Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal.
Year 1912
RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean at 11:40 pm (local time).
Year 1944
Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
Year 1944
A cargo ship, the Fort Stickin, docked at Mumbai dock, explodes at 4:05 pm, killing 300 people and causing (then) financial loss of about 20 million pounds.
Year 1948
Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
Year 1952
Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
Year 1979
Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras
Year 1988
Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
Year 1989
Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
Year 1990
L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
Year 1990
Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
Year 1992
The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati.
Year 1993
The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
Year 1995
India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
Year 1995
Dr. Ramesh Babu set a world record for holding 6,670 consecutive rallies in table tennis in Pune.
Year 1998
Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
Year 2000
The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''.
Year 2006
Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in Jama Masjid, Delhi, injured 13 people.
Born 1469
Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
Born 1563
Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
Born 1629
Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and inventor.
Born 1872
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, a British-Indian barrister. He translated the Quran into English.
Born 1891
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra.
Born 1907
P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
Born 1914
Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
Born 1916
Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.
Born 1919
Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Pune
Born 1919
K. Saraswathi Amma, a Malayalam feminist writer.
Born 1922
Ali Akbar Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical musician.
Born 1925
Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
Born 1941
Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
Born 1957
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, an Indian space scientist.
Died 1772
Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
Died 1950
Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
Died 1962
Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award
Died 1963
Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
Died 1990
Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
Died 1997
Chandu Parkhi, an Indian actor.
Died 2013
Rama Prasad Goenka, Indian business magnate.