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Historical Event on 9/19/1997

Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
10/11/1996Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.