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Historical Event on 1/19/1892

Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
9/11/1987Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
10/13/1911Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.