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Historical Event on 3/19/1995

Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
3/28/1999Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals.
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
5/22/1927Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.