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Historical Event on 10/19/1983
Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1977 | Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 11/18/1974 | Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/9/1935 | Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
| 2/28/1930 | Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates. |
| 6/1/1933 | Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
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