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Historical Event on 2/19/1996

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
11/11/2000Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.