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Historical Event on 1/19/1995
Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/1993 | Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces. |
| 4/4/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com. |
| 2/6/1994 | World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established. |
| 11/17/1935 | Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away. |
| 9/19/1991 | Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 3/18/1948 | Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
| 3/7/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad. |
| 7/11/1832 | British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
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