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Historical Event on 5/19/1979
Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1996 | 194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath . |
| 12/11/1996 | T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner. |
| 9/5/1888 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras. |
| 3/24/1946 | British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 10/19/1875 | The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic. |
| 7/28/1999 | Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 3/24/1981 | Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy. |
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