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Historical Event on 11/19/1961
World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1952 | Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city. |
| 5/8/1910 | Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 10/14/1953 | Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died. |
| 1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 5/14/1953 | Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 11/30/1998 | Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur. |
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