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Historical Event on 2/19/1996

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1955India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
2/15/1945Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
2/6/1994Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.