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Historical Event on 2/19/1996
Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 2/26/1915 | Pran Nath Chhuttani, great physician and teacher, was born. |
| 5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
| 5/12/1930 | R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 8/15/1997 | IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran. |
| 11/5/1915 | Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born. |
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