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Historical Event on 4/19/1995

Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
1/14/1905Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.