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Historical Event on 12/19/2000
A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 8/14/1968 | Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
| 4/13/1919 | Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. |
| 5/29/1947 | Establishment of Indian Standard Institution. |
| 5/16/1945 | Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 4/1/1989 | Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala. |
| 7/31/1907 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
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