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Historical Event on 10/19/1929

Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1947Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
5/8/1992Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
12/26/1921Nurul. S. Hasan, educationist and statesman, was born at Lucknow (U.P).
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
6/14/1997Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II).
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.