Year 1842
American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
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14 August: 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 August.
Observances & Special Days
Pakistan’s Independence Day is celebrated on 14 August every year.
Year 1862
Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
Year 1896
Gandhiji published "The Green Pamphlet" at Rajkot and then toured Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
Year 1942
Usha Mehta, a freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on a wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
Year 1947
India was partitioned into India and Pakistan after the All-India Congress accepted the British plan for the partition.
Year 1947
Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appointed as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
Year 1947
Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
Year 1954
'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
Year 1980
Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
Year 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.
Year 1987
A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
Year 1988
Morarji Desai was conferred with Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civil honour of Pakistan.
Year 2013
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
Year 2015
The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off
Born 1900
S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.
Born 1905
N. M. R. Subbaraman was an Indian freedom fighter and politician from Tamil Nadu.
Born 1911
Vethathiri Maharishi was a spiritual leader, world peace activist, scientist, philosopher, Ayurvedic and homoeopathic practitioner.
Born 1918
Mohinder Singh Pujji was a distinguished Royal Air Force fighter pilot and one of the first Indian Sikh pilots to volunteer with the Royal Air Force.
Born 1920
Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
Born 1923
Kuldip Nayar was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India.
Born 1939
Shanta Gokhale, Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic.
Born 1941
Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan, an Indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to condensed matter physics.
Born 1944
Bhargavi Rao was an eminent translator of Telugu Literature.
Born 1944
Gopal Krishna Goswami, a religious leader within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Born 1957
Johnny Lever, Indian film actor and one of the most noted comedians in Hindi cinema.
Born 1961
Mohnish Bahl, an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television.
Born 1967
Vijay Prashad, Indian historian, journalist, commentator and Marxist intellectual.
Born 1968
Pravin Amre, an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1999.
Born 1970
Rameswar Teli, member of Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Dibrugarh.
Born 1976
Poonam Jhawer, Indian model, Bollywood filmmaker, singer and actress.
Born 1977
Gautam Rode, an Indian television actor known for portraying the titular role in Saraswatichandra.
Born 1982
Mohit Raina, Indian film and television actor.
Born 1983
Sunidhi Chauhan, Indian playback singer.
Died 1984
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an Indian athlete.
Died 1996
Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
Died 1998
Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai.
Died 2011
Shammi Kapoor was an Indian film actor and director.
Died 2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.