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Historical Event on 1/19/2000
M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 11/16/1947 | Kamta Prasad ""Guru"" died at Jabalpur. He was renowned for his contribution in the field of Hindi Grammer. He was the editor of a monthly 'Saraswati' and 'Balasakha', children magaz |
| 2/25/1897 | A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community. |
| 8/16/1965 | Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts. |
| 8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
| 2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 6/3/1972 | First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. |
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