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Historical Event on 6/19/1871

Madhavrao Sapre was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
7/22/1997Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15.
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
8/30/1979Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.