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Historical Event on 3/19/1972
India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 1/8/2000 | Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai. |
| 10/24/1992 | Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects. |
| 6/4/1936 | Nutan, film actress, was born. |
| 12/26/1917 | Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
| 12/23/1989 | V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990. |
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