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Historical Event on 1/19/1855
G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 5/12/1999 | Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit. |
| 1/7/1761 | Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
| 1/18/1936 | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story). |
| 7/3/1975 | Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away. |
| 4/18/1978 | Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
| 7/20/1993 | British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
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