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Historical Event on 12/19/1988

Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
12/1/1886Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.