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Historical Event on 12/19/1961

Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
5/20/1992V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme