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Historical Event on 5/19/1991
About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 3/22/1963 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
| 9/13/1997 | Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites. |
| 6/12/1996 | India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition. |
| 11/1/1999 | SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case. |
| 1/4/1958 | Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75. |
| 2/8/1986 | For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport. |
| 6/13/1879 | Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
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