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Historical Event on 1/19/1977
World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 6/13/1731 | Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter. |
| 10/4/1974 | India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals. |
| 11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 7/12/1996 | Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys. |
| 12/25/1763 | Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops. |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
| 11/16/1908 | Bommi Narsingh Reddy, famous film story writer, was born. |
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