January14

First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.

Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.

Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.

Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.

Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.

Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.

Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.

Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.

Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.

M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras .

Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.

Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.

'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.

United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.

Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.

Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.

Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.

First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.

The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).

Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.

The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.

Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.

Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.

The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.

Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.

Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.

C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.

At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.

Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.

India and Maldives scrap visas.

J&K Governor quits.

Ban on VHP re-imposed.

The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.