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Historical Event on 8/19/1934

Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.

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2/10/1930Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born.
11/15/1937Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
5/20/1992V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
6/30/1931June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India.
11/15/1982Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
12/10/1870Jadhunath Sarkar, history researcher, was born.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.