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Historical Event on 9/19/1991

Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1918Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
9/6/1972Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
1/1/1994This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"".