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Historical Event on 7/19/1998

The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
1/2/1948Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
8/11/1922Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.