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Historical Event on 10/19/1875
The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1954 | The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 5/30/1985 | Earthquake in Srinagar. |
| 11/20/1981 | Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 5/27/1998 | Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness. |
| 7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 4/29/1639 | Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. |
| 4/22/1999 | Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments. |
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