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Historical Event on 8/19/1976

Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh.

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2/23/1768Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
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12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).
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