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Historical Event on 3/19/1911

Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".

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1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.