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Historical Event on 8/19/1907
Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
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| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 8/3/1993 | Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha. |
| 10/14/1999 | Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
| 11/23/1937 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, eminent scientist, passed away due to heart attack. In 1901, he proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". He founded Bose Research Institute in Calcutta and authored world famous books ""Response in Living and Non-Living""(1902) and ""Nervous Merchanism of Pl |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
| 1/11/1993 | Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
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