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Historical Event on 8/19/1994

Rupee made fully convertible on current account.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
2/26/1972President Varahgiri Venkat Giri inaugurated the Vikram Earth Satellite Station at Wardha near Arvi.
3/4/1919Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.