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Historical Event on 2/19/1911
Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/2000 | Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. |
| 5/27/1991 | Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case. |
| 4/4/1996 | Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates. |
| 8/9/1999 | India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title. |
| 11/3/1933 | Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal). |
| 1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 12/6/1995 | The Sixth Army Ordnance Corps Reunion and Silver Jubilee of Colour Presentation was celebrated at AOC Centre with pomp and splendour, fun and gaiety and professionalism of high order. The highlights included para-dropping, AOC Kangla Tongbi, Sonet-lumiere sound and light show, Central Parade and Yaadgar Parade. |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
| 12/3/1998 | India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology. |
| 6/12/1996 | India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition. |
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