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Historical Event on 12/19/1988

Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1990O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
10/20/1990Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.