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Historical Event on 10/19/1997

BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
8/2/1977Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.