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Historical Event on 6/19/1997

Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.
1/17/1913Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
12/4/1910Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.