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Historical Event on 1/19/1995

Goa Cong (I) government led by Pratap Singh Rane gets absolute majority when 4-members of MGP merged with Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
7/21/1891Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi.
3/22/1739Nadir Shah entered Delhi. He gave the signal to one of his soldiers from Sunheri mosque.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.