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Historical Event on 8/19/1994

Rupee made fully convertible on current account.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.