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Historical Event on 1/19/1997
Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1932 | Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/4/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
| 11/11/1888 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 11/16/1921 | Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi. |
| 5/10/1857 | India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
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