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Historical Event on 1/19/1997

Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
4/27/1996First phase of election for 11th Lok Sabha, and assembly election in 6 states.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
3/2/1930Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
2/25/1869Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.