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Historical Event on 10/19/1920
Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
9/29/1992 | Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1) |
12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
12/6/1998 | 13th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok. |
1/29/1983 | Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away. |
11/11/1906 | Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras. |
9/12/1992 | Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years. |
5/2/1974 | 700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi. |
5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
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