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Historical Event on 1/19/1919
Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past. |
| 10/24/1789 | Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born |
| 8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
| 4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 6/18/1887 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/14/1993 | The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri. |
| 8/17/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India. |
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