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Historical Event on 2/19/1919
Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
| 8/15/1960 | Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established. |
| 12/27/1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin. |
| 12/27/1929 | King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile. |
| 3/23/1919 | Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"". |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 10/27/1923 | Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born. |
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