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Historical Event on 5/19/1979

Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
3/30/1993India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations.