Historical Events on January 14.

1.  Geography Day (INDIA) & World Logic Day (UNESCO)

2.  1641, 14th Jan: United East India Company conquered the city of Malacca.

3.  1758, 14th Jan: Under an authority letter from the Emperor of England, the East India Company got the right to keep the money and property looted in any war against the company or emperor in India.

4.  1760, 14th Jan: French General Lally handed over his colony Pondicherry (present-day Puducherry) to the British Captain Ayre Coot.

5.  1761, 14th Jan: Third Battle of Panipat between Marathas and Afghans.

6.  1907, 14th Jan: The disastrous earthquake in Kingston, the capital of the Caribbean country of Jamaica, killed more than 1000 people.

7.  1923, 14th Jan: Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh established.

8.  1957, 14th Jan: Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.

9.  1969, 14th Jan: Madras, the southern state of India, was renamed Tamil Nadu.

10.  1974, 14th Jan: The World Football League began.

11.  1994, 14th Jan: Marathwada University had renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

12.  1998, 14th Jan: Bharat Ratna Award announced to veteran singer M. S. Subbalakshmi.

13.  2000, 14th Jan: The Gandhi Peace Prize awarded to Veteran social activist Baba Amte.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 14.

1.  1551: Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama.

2.  1883: Nina Ricci, an Italian-born French fashion designer.

3.  1892: D. B. Deodhar, a former Indian Cricketer.

4.  1896: C. D. Deshmukh, an Indian civil servant, and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities.

5.  1919: Kaifi Azmi, an Indian Urdu poet.

6.  1926: Mahasweta Devi, an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. 

7.  1937: Sobhan Babu, an Indian film actor known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema.      

8.  1942: Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, the 36th Chief Justice of India.

9.  1945: Surjit Patar, a Punjabi language writer, and poet of Punjab, India.

10.  1977: Narain Karthikeyan, a racing driver who was the first Formula One driver from India.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 14.

1.  1742: Edmond Halley, an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.

2.  1761: Sadashivrao Peshwa, the Sardar Senapati of the Maratha army.

3.  1898: Lewis Carroll, an English writer of children’s fiction, notably Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. 

4.  1901: Charles Hermite, a French mathematician.

5.  1920: John Francis Dodge, an American automobile manufacturing pioneer, and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.

6.  1978: Kurt Friedrich Gödel, a logician, mathematician, and analytic philosopher.

7.  1984: Raymond Albert Kroc, an American businessman. 

8.  1991: Chitragupt Shrivastava, an Indian film music director in the Hindi cinema and Bhojpuri cinema.

9.  1994: Ahmed Ali, a Pakistani novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat, and scholar. 

14-January-1592

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

14-January-1641

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

14-January-1758

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.

14-January-1760

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

14-January-1761

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.

14-January-1773

Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born.

14-January-1843

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

14-January-1851

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

14-January-1882

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

14-January-1896

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

14-January-1905

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

14-January-1926

Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka.

14-January-1927

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

14-January-1938

Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.

14-January-1946

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

14-January-1948

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

14-January-1959

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

14-January-1964

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

14-January-1969

Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.

14-January-1980

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

14-January-1982

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

14-January-1984

Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published.

14-January-1985

Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.

14-January-1989

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

14-January-1990

India and Maldives scrap visas.

14-January-1990

J&K Governor quits.

14-January-1991

Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.

14-January-1993

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

14-January-1994

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).

14-January-1994

Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

14-January-1994

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

14-January-1995

The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.

14-January-1995

Ban on VHP re-imposed.

14-January-1998

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

14-January-1998

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

14-January-1998

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

14-January-1999

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