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Historical Event on 9/19/1997

India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
1/16/1858Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.