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Historical Event on 2/19/1670

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1990Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
9/18/1917Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana).
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.