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Historical Event on 4/19/1993

Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.