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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 4/19/1910 |
Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 4/19/1950 |
Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
| 4/19/1960 |
Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
| 4/19/1975 |
First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. |
| 4/19/1976 |
Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 4/19/1976 |
Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi. |
| 4/19/1981 |
Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'. |
| 4/19/1993 |
Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 4/19/1994 |
Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
| 4/19/1995 |
Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
| 4/19/1995 |
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery. |
| 4/19/1996 |
AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 4/19/1997 |
I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 4/19/1998 |
Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 4/19/1998 |
Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1997 | 10 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation. |
| 7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
| 7/15/1904 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory. |
| 2/11/1933 | The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 12/1/1951 | Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta. |
| 1/22/1666 | Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
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