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Historical Event on 3/19/1954
The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1733 | Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away. |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
| 1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 6/1/1980 | AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa. |
| 4/25/2000 | The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case. |
| 3/10/1922 | Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
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