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Historical Event on 8/19/1887
S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1950 | Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
| 3/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
| 12/14/1901 | Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder. |
| 12/6/1931 | Bengal Congress to boycott British goods. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/3/1991 | Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time . |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 4/1/2000 | India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran. |
| 5/1/1909 | Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
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