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On This Day in India
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14 November
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Jawaharlal Nehru is born
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 November 1889; he later became independent India’s first Prime Minister.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Birbal Sahni was born.
Birbal Sahni: The Scientist Who Unlocked India’s Prehistoric Forests
Imagine holding a piece of rock that is millions of years old and being able to reconstruct an entire prehistoric jungle from the tiny leaf imprinted on it.…
Read the storyA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Indian leader of the Hare Krishna movement.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.