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Historical Event on 8/19/1916
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1944 | Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma |
| 12/11/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
| 11/29/1989 | Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party |
| 2/1/1889 | Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society. |
| 10/16/1999 | A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 10/11/1986 | Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash which killed six in Tanzania. |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 7/1/1930 | Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
| 11/21/1991 | R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants. |
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