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Historical Event on 5/19/1969
Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 5/11/1991 | Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 9/29/1725 | Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born. |
| 1/11/1995 | Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
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