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Historical Event on 2/19/1818

Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
10/15/1949Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.