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Historical Event on 8/19/1996

Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
10/30/1933Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
5/24/1960Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".