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Historical Event on 3/19/1911
Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1963 | Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed. |
| 4/15/1963 | Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad. |
| 1/25/1992 | Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'. |
| 2/6/2000 | ''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 12/21/1788 | Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him. |
| 2/14/1901 | Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born. |
| 2/20/1968 | First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 6/12/1894 | Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born. |
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