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Historical Event on 2/19/1994
IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
1/3/1995 | PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. |
10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
7/6/1993 | JPC decides to send 'interrogatory letters' to PM's aide R. K. Khandekar, Sunil Mittal and 7 others. |
6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
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