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Historical Event on 7/19/1925
Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 10/17/1859 | Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 2/20/1997 | RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 10/20/1969 | Punjabrao Agriculture University established. |
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