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Historical Event on 2/19/1992

The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1888Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
10/26/1981Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.