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Historical Event on 1/14/1851

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

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12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
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6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.