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Today Indian History  November 14

 14-November-1681  East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.

14-November-1889  Jawaharlal Nehru, The first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.

14-November-1914  Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. 5 denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.

14-November-1919  Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born

14-November-1926  Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay.

14-November-1955  Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.

14-November-1957  Children's Day.

14-November-1959  Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.

14-November-1964  Nehru Commemorative coin is released.

14-November-1967  Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born.

14-November-1967  Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.

14-November-1969  Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.

14-November-1993  Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.

14-November-1993  Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away.

14-November-1995  National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.

14-November-1995  Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.

14-November-1996  Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.

14-November-1997  Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.

14-November-1997  N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.

14-November-1998  Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.

14-November-2000  Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.