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Historical Event on 12/19/1952

Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1952Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
3/1/1903Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
11/16/1990Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.