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Historical Event on 10/19/1967

Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1994H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
8/26/1874Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born.
2/1/1942Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment.