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Historical Event on 2/19/1986

Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1965Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.