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Historical Event on 12/19/1917
Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/2000 | Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 1/26/1992 | Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 3/10/1997 | Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 4/13/1699 | Khalsa Panth established. |
| 11/8/1992 | Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
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