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Historical Event on 12/19/1961
Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1999 | R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
| 1/21/1970 | Harivinayak Pataskar, former Central Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 2/1/1992 | Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away. |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 1/27/1901 | Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 3/22/1915 | Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 5/27/1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. |
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