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Historical Event on 2/19/1902

Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.