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Historical Event on 12/19/1860
Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1998 | The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group. |
| 12/24/1921 | Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest. |
| 10/19/1888 | Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem. |
| 3/16/1901 | Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 1/27/1972 | V. S. Sarvate (Tatya Saheb), great revolutionary writer, passed away. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 7/14/1997 | India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
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