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Historical Event on 2/19/1911

Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.

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1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
3/19/1982President's rule in Assam.
3/22/1893Surya Sen, alias Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
12/24/1924Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born.
10/6/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.