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Historical Event on 7/19/1993

Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
7/29/1884Tyagraj Paramshiv Kailasam, leading playwright of Kannad language, was born.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.