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Historical Event on 1/19/1919
Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1972 | General Insurance Business was nationalised. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 12/1/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
| 2/19/1974 | Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai. |
| 9/22/1988 | PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill. |
| 1/4/1909 | Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
| 2/2/1915 | Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born. |
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