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Historical Event on 5/19/1971

Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
3/22/1996Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
5/13/1648Redfort construction was completed
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)