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Historical Event on 5/19/1908
Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
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| 10/31/1991 | Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya. |
| 9/21/1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 6/13/1992 | Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 9/21/1912 | Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born. |
| 2/10/1986 | Pope John Paul II ends visit to India. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
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