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Historical Event on 3/19/1997

BJP and BSP agree for a coalition government in Uttar Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
1/8/2000Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.