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Historical Event on 10/19/1970

First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.