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Historical Event on 7/19/1955

Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.

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12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
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7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.