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Historical Event on 2/19/1994
Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 11/2/1972 | B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977 |
| 11/1/1990 | JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 7/22/1702 | The ""English Company of Merchants"" and the old East India Company was named the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies"". In1833, this name finally changed to East India Company. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 3/21/1934 | Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born. |
| 6/30/1928 | Kalyanji, famous music director, was born. |
| 1/31/1996 | Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune. |
| 5/2/1974 | 700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi. |
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