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Historical Event on 2/19/1670

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.