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Historical Event on 8/19/1903

Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
10/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.