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Historical Event on 7/19/1998

Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
8/22/1980Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.