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Historical Event on 1/19/1960
Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1864 | Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born. |
| 1/8/1984 | Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74. |
| 1/26/1957 | Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 1/26/1957 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/9/1923 | K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 4/6/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement. |
| 11/12/1880 | Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra). |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 12/28/1977 | Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died. |
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