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Historical Event on 1/19/1697
Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 12/1/1999 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol |
| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 1/4/1909 | Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 6/30/1979 | R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 12/11/1908 | New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.' |
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