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Historical Event on 10/19/1920

Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.

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7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
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1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.