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Historical Event on 11/19/1985

Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.