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Historical Event on 08/19/1600

Akbar captured Ahmednagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1981Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
5/31/1921Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, modern Gujarati poet, story writer and critic, was born.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.