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Historical Event on 12/19/1995

Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1897Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor, was born.
5/23/1967South Gujrat University was established.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.