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Historical Event on 3/19/1999

Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
10/28/1997Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
5/2/1921Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".