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Historical Event on 1/19/1977
World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1987 | Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died. |
| 4/18/1916 | Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 4/30/1947 | The entire nation is stirred by religious strife. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 12/27/1977 | The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 10/16/1978 | Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 9/1/1962 | Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur. |
| 5/27/1964 | Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India. |
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