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Historical Event on 10/19/1929

Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
11/15/1988Dalai Lama agreed for less then independent country to save the cultural heritage of Tibet.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
12/22/1998The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
12/14/1990President's Rule imposed on Goa. Caretaker CM Dr. Barbosa disqualified from the membership of Assembly for defection from Congress (I) nine months ago.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.