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Historical Event on 12/19/1917
Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1957 | Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured. |
| 10/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel. |
| 7/20/1680 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne. |
| 1/9/1841 | John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 12/6/1892 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai. |
| 2/8/1989 | Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 5/4/1923 | Mrinal Sen, famous film director, was born. |
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