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Historical Event on 2/19/1994

Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1984Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.