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Historical Event on 12/19/1988

Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
5/17/1775Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
9/9/1920Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.