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Historical Event on 9/19/1950

U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
7/19/1965Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.