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Historical Event on 1/19/1977
World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
| 7/7/1997 | Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/18/1871 | Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away. |
| 8/8/1990 | Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died. |
| 1/29/1997 | Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement. |
| 10/18/1861 | Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 2/18/1992 | Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab. |
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