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Historical Event on 3/19/1998
E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1907 | British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India. |
| 12/8/1875 | Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born. |
| 5/25/1996 | DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry. |
| 9/28/1984 | First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi. |
| 4/22/2000 | Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai. |
| 12/29/1885 | A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
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