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Historical Event on 8/19/1944
The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 7/23/1964 | Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away. |
| 3/24/1977 | Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India. |
| 7/9/1996 | A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
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