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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
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
11/16/1958India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
8/12/1996Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.