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Historical Event on 1/19/1919
Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/12/1994 | S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman. |
| 9/12/1993 | Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 9/25/1985 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India. |
| 2/7/2000 | Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP. |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 2/9/1984 | Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras. |
| 7/3/1975 | Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away. |
| 5/20/1750 | Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect. |
| 2/1/1931 | Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue. |
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