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Historical Event on 5/19/1969
Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 10/19/1910 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 9/10/1912 | B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born. |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 10/29/1991 | Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya. |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
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