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Historical Event on 2/19/1992

The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
2/22/1948Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
12/28/1885Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.