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Historical Event on 5/19/1975

Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.