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Historical Event on 10/19/1774

Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.