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Historical Event on 10/19/1979

T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).

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6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
2/18/1999Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).
5/30/1955Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Indian Worker's Movement, passed away.
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.