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Historical Event on 5/19/1979

Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.