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Historical Event on 5/19/1975

Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.