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Historical Event on 5/19/1911

K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
7/2/1999The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.