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Historical Event on 12/19/1966
Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.
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| 5/15/1999 | The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 3/17/1982 | President's rule in Kerala. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 3/14/1995 | Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away. |
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