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Historical Event on 10/19/1970

First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
1/15/1656Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
10/19/1979T. R. Baalu was born in Thalikottai, Distt. Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
11/6/2000Richa Mishra creates a national record in the women's 400m individual medley in 5.15.28sec in the 55th Senior National Aquatic championship in Calcutta.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.