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Historical Event on 1/19/1997

Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
3/10/1912Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra.
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.