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Historical Event on 4/19/1996

AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
3/12/1997aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.
5/6/2000Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
7/6/1901Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal.
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.