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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi. |
| 7/19/1763 |
Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers. |
| 7/19/1925 |
Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
| 7/19/1938 |
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
| 7/19/1949 |
Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 7/19/1952 |
India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day. |
| 7/19/1955 |
Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore. |
| 7/19/1965 |
Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 7/19/1969 |
Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance. |
| 7/19/1974 |
Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 7/19/1987 |
Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad. |
| 7/19/1990 |
Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states. |
| 7/19/1993 |
Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 7/19/1994 |
The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent. |
| 7/19/1998 |
The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly. |
| 7/19/1998 |
Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 7/19/2000 |
The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1969 | Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
| 9/3/1931 | Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar. |
| 10/20/1947 | First battle between India and Pakistan. |
| 8/4/2000 | Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98. |
| 9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
| 2/17/1618 | First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court. |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 6/13/1918 | Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai. |
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