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Historical Event on 11/19/1985

Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
11/24/1992Milan Kumar Banerjee appointed Attorney General.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.