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Historical Event on 4/19/1998

Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
7/8/1996U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.