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Historical Event on 8/19/1947
Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1915 | Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
| 9/22/1869 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 10/18/2000 | Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river. |
| 6/21/1994 | The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group. |
| 9/20/1878 | Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies. |
| 8/5/1921 | Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born. |
| 8/5/1921 | Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat. |
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