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Historical Event on 2/19/1995

National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
8/8/1940Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
3/23/1898Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
1/5/1941Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
11/19/1835Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'.