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Historical Event on 8/19/1977

Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.
2/28/1951Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s), was born in Rajkot.
10/22/1912Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
4/28/1993Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.



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