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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/19/1689 |
Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 10/19/1774 |
Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India. |
| 10/19/1875 |
The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic. |
| 10/19/1888 |
Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 10/19/1905 |
Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 10/19/1907 |
Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born. |
| 10/19/1910 |
Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 10/19/1920 |
Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 10/19/1921 |
Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born. |
| 10/19/1925 |
B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 10/19/1929 |
Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 10/19/1954 |
Nehru and Mao meet in Peking. |
| 10/19/1967 |
Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light. |
| 10/19/1970 |
First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 10/19/1974 |
T. S. Rajamanikkam Pillai, famous Tamil stage artist, died. |
| 10/19/1979 |
T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 10/19/1983 |
Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler. |
| 10/19/1983 |
Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends. |
| 10/19/1990 |
The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution. |
| 10/19/1997 |
BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies. |
| 10/19/1999 |
Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I). |
| 10/19/2000 |
The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1991 | Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 11/21/1947 | First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General. |
| 8/6/1989 | Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour. |
| 2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
| 3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
| 5/1/1995 | 60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet. |
| 7/4/1912 | Pandit Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
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