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Historical Event on 8/19/1927
Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1878 | Sivnath Shastri and Ananda Mohan Bose, under the leadership of the younger group of Brahmo Sama, rebelled and started Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 11/11/2000 | Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 3/4/1951 | Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 3/8/1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India. |
| 4/13/1948 | Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
| 12/1/1900 | Chidambaranar Thiru Thamizaringar, great author, journalist and homeopath, was born at Sirukadambur, Tamil Nadu. |
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