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Historical Event on 8/19/1910
Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1755 | Narayanrao Peshwa was born. |
| 5/17/1999 | Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 8/23/1994 | Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 2/9/1993 | Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 3/1/1998 | Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. |
| 1/27/1924 | Sabu [Dastagir], actor (Elephant Boy, Drum), was born in India. |
| 4/16/1992 | Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls. |
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