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Historical Event on 11/19/1994

Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
4/18/1998Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.