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Historical Event on 8/19/1993

Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
1/2/1959Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
5/4/1980Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.