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Historical Event on 1/19/1977
World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
4/18/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee. |
5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
9/18/1867 | Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta. |
9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
5/3/1994 | Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it. |
8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
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