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Historical Event on 4/19/1993

Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.