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Historical Event on 10/19/1888
Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
| 11/10/1992 | Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns. |
| 11/2/1956 | Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 11/19/1991 | Two national commissions on women set up. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 1/10/1963 | Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India. |
| 7/7/1855 | As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army. |
| 10/30/1947 | The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents. |
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