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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 05/19/1796 |
Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
| 05/19/1904 |
Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 05/19/1908 |
Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 05/19/1911 |
K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 05/19/1913 |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 05/19/1951 |
Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 05/19/1953 |
State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development. |
| 05/19/1954 |
The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
| 05/19/1956 |
The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi. |
| 05/19/1969 |
Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
| 05/19/1971 |
Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam. |
| 05/19/1975 |
Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
| 05/19/1979 |
Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 05/19/1980 |
Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
| 05/19/1980 |
T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 05/19/1982 |
Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. |
| 05/19/1990 |
S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD. |
| 05/19/1991 |
About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 05/19/1992 |
Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh. |
| 05/19/1993 |
Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 05/19/1993 |
S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
| 05/19/2000 |
A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
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