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Historical Event on 1/19/1960

Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
7/22/1925Homi Jehangir Teleyarkhan, social worker, was born.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
7/12/1994Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
4/15/1975India recognises the Sihanouk Government in Cambodia.
9/24/1914Janardan Swami was born.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.