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Historical Event on 7/19/1993

Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
12/31/1802Peshwa Baji Rao-II, after being defeated by Yashwant Rao Holkar, signed the treaty of Subsidiary Allowance and accepted security of British Government.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
12/6/1897Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.