Year 1931
The first Indian talkie, Alam Ara, was released in Mumbai.
MARCH 14
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14 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 14 March.
Year 1954
Establishment of the Sahitya Akademi in Delhi.
Year 2000
Technician Eye, the oldest studio in the country, was engulfed in flames.
Year 2001
Chokila Iyer, a tribal woman from Sikkim, became India’s first female foreign secretary.
Year 2001
VVS Laxman scored an unbeaten 275 at Eden Gardens, breaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record for most runs at the ground. He also equaled Don Bradman’s record of 44 fours in an inning.
Year 2007
The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, resulted in the deaths of at least 14 people.
Born 1874
Anton Phillips, co-founder of the Philips Electronics Company.
Born 1879
Albert Einstein, a German-born theoretical physicist.
Born 1899
K. C. Irving, the Founder of Irving Oil Company.
Born 1908
Philip Vincent, founder of the Vincent Motorcycle Company.
Born 1913
S. K. Pottekkatt, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.
Born 1949
Farida Jalal, an Indian actress.
Born 1961
Mike Lazaridis, the founder of BlackBerry Limited.
Born 1965
Aamir Khan, an Indian actor, director, and filmmaker.
Born 1972
Irom Chanu Sharmila, an Indian poet.
Born 1973
Rohit Shetty, an Indian film director, and producer.
Born 1974
Rohit Shetty, Indian actor, director, and cinematographer, Indian poet and activist
Died 1883
Karl Marx, a German philosopher and founder of Communism.
Died 1932
George Eastman, an American researcher and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Died 1998
Dada Kondke, an Indian actor and film producer.
Died 2003
Suresh Bhat, an Indian-Marathi Ghazal poet.
Died 2010
Vinda Karandikar, an Indian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator in the Marathi language.
Died 2018
Stephen Hawking, an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author.