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Historical Event on 6/19/1990

13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
8/4/1935Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
6/25/1993Mahadevan, SBI MD, sacked in the wake of his role in the securities scam.
2/12/1998Om Prakash, 78, Hindi film comedian, passed away in Mumbai.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.