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Historical Event on 10/19/1983

Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
11/24/1930Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.
1/11/1991Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.