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Historical Event on 4/19/1998
Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1931 | New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies. |
| 12/17/1645 | Noorjahan Begum passed away. |
| 4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
| 4/10/1875 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore. |
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