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Historical Event on 2/19/1956

Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).