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Historical Event on 12/19/1945

Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
11/1/1974Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.