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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 4/19/1910 |
Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged. |
| 4/19/1950 |
Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
| 4/19/1960 |
Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
| 4/19/1975 |
First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. |
| 4/19/1976 |
Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 4/19/1976 |
Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi. |
| 4/19/1981 |
Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'. |
| 4/19/1993 |
Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 4/19/1994 |
Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
| 4/19/1995 |
Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala. |
| 4/19/1995 |
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery. |
| 4/19/1996 |
AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 4/19/1997 |
I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 4/19/1998 |
Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 4/19/1998 |
Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 7/12/1957 | Sahajada Karim became Aga Khan. |
| 3/19/1973 | Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 4/2/1933 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 6/25/1992 | BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven. |
| 3/30/1989 | Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away. |
| 4/30/1843 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born. |
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