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Historical Event on 11/19/1978

Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
1/15/1966The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
7/14/1928Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.