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Historical Event on 6/19/1947
Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
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| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 5/13/2000 | Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia. |
| 8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 3/3/1983 | Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 5/25/1996 | DMK-led coalition ministry headed by R.V. Janakiraman sworn in Pondicherry. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
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