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Historical Event on 2/19/1911
Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1942 | 77 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
| 6/10/1946 | Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"". |
| 12/28/1907 | Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva). |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
| 5/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 10/10/1998 | Uzma Khan and Nitin Kirtane bag the women's and men's crowns in the national tennis championships in Delhi. |
| 6/24/1991 | Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it. |
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