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Historical Event on 2/19/1818

Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1915Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
3/26/1997Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
5/23/1903Gemini Roy, famous Painter, joined Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.