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Historical Event on 1/19/1976
C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1993 | Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 4/23/1946 | Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 10/5/1997 | Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998) |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 10/24/1990 | BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response. |
| 4/19/1950 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
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