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Historical Event on 12/19/1978

The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
1/10/1896Gangadhar Kelkar, founder of famous Raja Kelkar Museum at Pune Dinkar, was born.
7/1/1997The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
1/27/199455 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.