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Historical Event on 5/19/1979

Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
7/4/1995Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
4/13/1997Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.