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Historical Event on 4/19/1998

Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.
7/20/1911Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
8/11/1993Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.
4/21/1720Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.