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Historical Event on 6/19/1990
13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 4/10/1937 | Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away. |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 12/14/1953 | Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born. |
| 5/31/1998 | B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad. |
| 12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
| 11/30/1986 | Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab. |
| 8/3/1900 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born. |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
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