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Historical Event on 8/19/1994
Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1922 | Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/5/1999 | Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta. |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 11/10/1990 | Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta. |
| 1/1/1994 | Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 2/25/1993 | Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed. |
| 3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 9/24/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'. |
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