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Historical Event on 8/19/1934

Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
5/7/1908Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
7/19/1987Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad.