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Historical Event on 6/19/1947
Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
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| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 1/21/1997 | Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta. |
| 9/3/1993 | Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat. |
| 3/22/1938 | IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860. |
| 9/26/1793 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist and social worker, was born in Kona village, 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. |
| 9/8/1993 | Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces. |
| 4/9/1991 | Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 5/14/1657 | Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort. |
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