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Historical Event on 2/19/1978
Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 8/22/1979 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government. |
| 11/11/1994 | The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act. |
| 10/24/1938 | Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur. |
| 7/22/1992 | The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya. |
| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 11/21/1998 | India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo. |
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