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Historical Event on 1/19/1976

C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.