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Historical Event on 5/19/1913

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1913Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
10/26/1891Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born.
5/29/1987Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister, leader of farmers and freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 85 yrs.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.