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Historical Event on 10/19/1925

B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1882Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
7/31/1992Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
5/10/1996PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.