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Historical Event on 7/19/1949
Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
| 4/12/1978 | After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition. |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 12/22/1939 | When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc |
| 3/30/1949 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
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