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Historical Event on 1/19/1997
Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 6/1/1842 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 6/29/1966 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 8/20/1996 | India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England. |
| 2/19/1978 | Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"". |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 6/7/1989 | Sheetal Pandya set up a world record at the age of 5 years. |
| 11/19/1978 | Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time. |
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