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Historical Event on 11/19/1996

Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
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