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Historical Event on 1/19/1985
Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1979 | Commercial Unity Day started. |
| 5/30/1867 | Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 2/3/1921 | The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3. |
| 2/7/1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
| 3/26/1991 | Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S). |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 11/29/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support. |
| 8/27/1994 | Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir. |
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