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Historical Event on 2/19/1956

Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
1/27/1970Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
11/8/1997Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
4/23/1929Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).