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Historical Event on 5/19/1991

About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
12/22/1992Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.