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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
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Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax. |
| 9/19/1704 |
Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 9/19/1726 |
Khandoballal died. |
| 9/19/1911 |
Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
| 9/19/1927 |
Kunwar Narayan, famous writer of 'Atmajayee' and 'Akaron Ke Aas Pas', was born. |
| 9/19/1933 |
Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born. |
| 9/19/1936 |
Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer. |
| 9/19/1937 |
Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away. |
| 9/19/1950 |
U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 9/19/1960 |
Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 9/19/1962 |
Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 9/19/1965 |
Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
| 9/19/1990 |
Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 9/19/1990 |
Planning Commission announces 8th Five-Year Plan proposals with a total outlay of Rs. 610,000 crore. |
| 9/19/1991 |
Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947. |
| 9/19/1995 |
PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan. |
| 9/19/1996 |
India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 9/19/1996 |
Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 9/19/1997 |
A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 9/19/1997 |
India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 9/19/1997 |
Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 9/19/2000 |
India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US. |
| 9/19/2000 |
Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 9/19/2000 |
Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal. |
| 9/19/2000 |
Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 8/10/2000 | Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 5/18/1974 | First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb. |
| 12/1/1911 | Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born. |
| 10/28/1964 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away. |
| 10/13/1781 | A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia. |
| 12/28/2000 | The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha. |
| 7/30/1920 | Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore. |
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