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Historical Event on 1/19/1951

Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.