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Historical Event on 2/19/1902

Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1996Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
12/4/1940Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"".
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
6/28/1883Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
3/29/1963Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died.