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Historical Event on 9/19/1990

Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
8/9/1996Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP.
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
4/8/1897Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
4/9/1991Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.