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Historical Event on 2/19/1891
Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 8/6/1992 | A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 6/10/1900 | Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born. |
| 6/30/1755 | Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
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