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Historical Event on 4/19/1993

Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
7/29/1998The Pratapsingh Rane Ministry in Goa is dismissed. The Governor instals Dr. Wilfred Desouza as Chief Minister.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
11/28/1997Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
12/8/1900Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born.
6/28/1883Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi.