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Historical Event on 3/19/1996

Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1994B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.
4/15/1927Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, was born.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.