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Historical Event on 2/14/1994

The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.