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Historical Event on 5/19/1982

Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
11/14/1926Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
11/3/1986Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.