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Historical Event on 6/19/1949
People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/10/1992 | Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi. |
| 10/23/1992 | UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination. |
| 2/24/1986 | Rukmini Devi passed away. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
| 1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 9/1/1887 | Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
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