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Historical Event on 2/19/2000

18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
10/10/1993Helicopters along with the last batch of personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. These helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
8/1/1992S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993.
7/12/1957Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.