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Historical Event on 3/19/1982

Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1894The first medical conference was held in Calcutta.
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.