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Historical Event on 02/19/1588

Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1979Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
11/3/1998Mamta Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and Allies to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but Vajpayee refused to accepts the resignation.
10/25/1999Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, ""No objection to Bofors discussion.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.