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Historical Event on 3/19/1973

Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
4/25/1906Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
1/24/1951Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi.