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Historical Event on 2/19/1992
A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1913 | Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/1/1904 | Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese. |
| 9/23/1996 | Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I). |
| 10/31/1885 | St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 1/30/1908 | Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise. |
| 8/15/1979 | Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 1/18/1942 | Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies. |
| 4/1/1956 | Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force. |
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