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Historical Event on 5/19/1975
Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1998 | C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away. |
| 2/24/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from jail. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 12/12/1991 | Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 9/15/1909 | Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ''Anna'', founder of DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot, was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram. |
| 9/15/1909 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 12/16/1999 | India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF. |
| 5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
| 11/1/1948 | An Indian brigade group supported by the 7th Cavalry (Stuart tanks) broke through the Great Himalayan Range at Zojila to drive out the invaders from Ladakh district. At approximately 3,500 metres, this was the highest point in the history of warfare that tanks had operated. |
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