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Historical Event on 2/19/1919
Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 8/27/1604 | Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 7/22/1987 | A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away. |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
| 7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
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