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Historical Event on 3/19/1998

E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.