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Historical Event on 2/19/1995

National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
1/18/1930Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'.
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
1/4/1998V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made.
11/24/1948Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.