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Historical Event on 12/19/1961

Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1932Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born.
8/19/1887S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State.
4/14/1919Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
12/20/1990India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.