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Historical Event on 12/19/1919

Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.

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9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.