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Historical Event on 08/19/1600
Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
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| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 7/1/1952 | Olympic Games open at Helsinki. |
| 5/27/1990 | Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election. |
| 2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 11/21/1961 | Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
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