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Historical Event on 1/19/1905
Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1946 | Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous. |
| 8/26/1949 | Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed. |
| 8/19/1992 | K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 12/20/1992 | BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast. |
| 2/2/1982 | Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 12/6/1962 | India closes its consulates in Communist China. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
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