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Historical Event on 12/19/1994
K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 1/7/1956 | Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy. |
| 7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 6/14/1985 | M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985. |
| 11/3/1986 | Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died. |
| 5/28/1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
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