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Historical Event on 2/19/1855
U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1910 | Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 12/16/1999 | Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 4/22/1991 | IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
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