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Historical Event on 2/19/1986
Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 7/4/1989 | Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 10/21/1995 | L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi. |
| 11/22/2000 | Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
| 11/23/1999 | Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar. |
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