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Historical Event on 1/19/1839

Aden conquered by British East India Company.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.