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Historical Event on 8/19/1977

Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
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