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Historical Event on 10/19/1983

Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
3/21/1916Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.
12/4/1894Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960).
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.