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Historical Event on 7/19/1998

Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1915Rash Behari Bose, revolutionary leader, left India by boarding a Japanese steamer ''Sanuki Maru'' under assumed name of P. N. Tagore to dodge the British forces.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
12/20/2000Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001.
12/20/2000Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.