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Historical Event on 10/19/1875

The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
3/5/1922Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.