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Historical Event on 1/19/1990

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure, died in Pune at the age of 58 years. He will be remembered as a great orator and for founding of Rajnishpuram in USA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
4/8/1925Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.