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Historical Event on 1/19/1960

Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
12/15/1997Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'.
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.