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Historical Event on 8/14/1942

Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
6/19/1901Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences.
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
12/20/1876Bankinchrandra Chattopadhyay wrote ""Vande Mataram"".
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
3/8/1963Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar.
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
8/29/1991Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.