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Historical Event on 12/19/1984
2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/8/1954 | Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French. |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 7/24/1992 | Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
| 11/9/1877 | Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan). |
| 9/5/1967 | Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
| 9/22/1902 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay. |
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