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Historical Event on 8/19/1903
Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 7/10/1997 | Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley. |
| 9/3/1997 | India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme. |
| 2/1/1968 | United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi. |
| 7/5/1984 | Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore. |
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