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Historical Event on 11/19/1996
Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1954 | Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad. |
| 9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
| 7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
| 9/1/1915 | Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born. |
| 1/18/1948 | Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/9/1923 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory. |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
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