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Historical Event on 5/19/1982
Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1987 | Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan. |
| 6/9/1923 | Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan. |
| 1/22/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
| 8/10/1979 | Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit. |
| 5/10/1996 | Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 7/22/1997 | Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15. |
| 12/13/1999 | Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999. |
| 11/7/1950 | King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu. |
| 9/15/1999 | Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead. |
| 9/15/1999 | Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects. |
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