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Historical Event on 2/19/1997
Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1956 | Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London. |
| 10/30/1933 | Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai. |
| 12/20/1993 | Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 5/5/1930 | Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
| 5/21/1994 | The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
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