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Historical Event on 3/19/1936

Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
7/15/1903Kumaraswamy Kamraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, was born in a trading family at Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.