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Historical Event on 11/19/1991

Two national commissions on women set up.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
3/21/1836National Library was established.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
1/8/1994Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99.
7/5/1916Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.