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Historical Event on 2/19/1992

Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
11/27/1999BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
1/23/1977Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party.
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.