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Historical Event on 1/19/1948
India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1994 | B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 10/13/1998 | Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department. |
| 3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
| 2/14/1998 | 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed. |
| 11/29/1945 | Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended. |
| 1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 10/6/1983 | Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state. |
| 1/4/1892 | J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born. |
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